© Reuters. Japan stocks higher at close of trade; Nikkei 225 up 1.49%
Investing.com – Japan stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the , and sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Tokyo, the rose 1.49%.
The best performers of the session on the were Recruit Holdings Co Ltd (TYO:), which rose 6.77% or 298.00 points to trade at 4,701.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Daiichi Sankyo Co., Ltd. (TYO:) added 5.17% or 196.00 points to end at 3,986.00 and Sony Corp (TYO:) was up 4.50% or 560.00 points to 13,010.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were T&D Holdings, Inc. (TYO:), which fell 2.53% or 54.50 points to trade at 2,100.00 at the close. Resona Holdings, Inc. (TYO:) declined 2.29% or 16.60 points to end at 707.70 and Mitsubishi Motors Corp. (TYO:) was down 2.29% or 11.50 points to 490.10.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 2217 to 1348 and 272 ended unchanged.
The , which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 4.16% to 21.52.
Crude oil for August delivery was up 0.08% or 0.06 to $75.81 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in September rose 0.17% or 0.14 to hit $80.25 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 0.12% or 2.45 to trade at $1,964.15 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.03% to 138.46, while EUR/JPY rose 0.08% to 154.25.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.03% at 100.16.
