Investing.com – Japan stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Steel, Transportation Equipment and Services sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 rose 0.29%.
The best performers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were CyberAgent Inc (TYO:4751), which rose 4.95% or 41.90 points to trade at 888.80 at the close. Meanwhile, Mitsui Engineering&Shipbuilding (TYO:7003) added 3.14% or 16.00 points to end at 526.00 and Mitsui Chemicals, Inc. (TYO:4183) was up 3.06% or 126.00 points to 4,237.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Advantest Corp. (TYO:6857), which fell 4.33% or 207.00 points to trade at 4,570.00 at the close. NEC Corp. (TYO:6701) declined 2.96% or 247.00 points to end at 8,087.00 and Odakyu Electric Railway Co., Ltd. (TYO:9007) was down 2.02% or 43.50 points to 2,113.50.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 0 to 0.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 3.82% to 17.87 a new 1-month low.
Crude oil for January delivery was down 1.13% or 0.87 to $76.23 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in January fell 1.26% or 1.03 to hit $80.93 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.19% or 3.75 to trade at $1,996.55 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.37% to 148.97, while EUR/JPY fell 0.17% to 162.58.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.29% at 103.52.
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