Japan shares higher at close of trade; Nikkei 225 up 0.52%

Investing.com – Japan equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Paper & Pulp , Railway & Bus and Real Estate sectors propelled shares higher.

At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 rose 0.52%.

The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Nippon Yusen K.K (T: 9101 ), which rose 12.70% or 880.0 points to trade at 7810.0 at the close. Kikkoman Corp. (T: 2801 ) added 9.93% or 670.0 points to end at 7420.0 and Rakuten Inc (T: 4755 ) was up 8.38% or 105.0 points to 1358.0 in late trade.

Biggest losers included Ricoh Co., Ltd. (T: 7752 ), which lost 11.46% or 139.0 points to trade at 1074.0 in late trade. Taisei Corp. (T: 1801 ) declined 5.71% or 215.0 points to end at 3550.0 and Sojitz Corp. (T: 2768 ) shed 3.37% or 11.0 points to 315.0.

Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 2186 to 1272 and 254 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.

The Nikkei Volatility , which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0% to 20.85.

In commodities trading, Crude oil for September delivery was down 0.13% or 0.09 to $68.06 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in October fell 0.16% or 0.11 to hit $70.27 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.01% or 0.25 to trade at $1814.25 a troy ounce.

USD/JPY was up 0.17% to 109.65, while EUR/JPY rose 0.26% to 129.90.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.06% at 92.222.