Japan shares higher at close of trade; Nikkei 225 up 0.87%

Investing.com – Japan equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the , and sectors propelled shares higher.

At the close in Tokyo, the gained 0.87%.

The biggest gainers of the session on the were Inpex Corp. (TYO:), which rose 16.62% or 301.50 points to trade at 2,116.00 at the close. Nippon Sheet Glass Co., Ltd. (TYO:) added 15.65% or 100.00 points to end at 739.00 and Secom Co., Ltd. (TYO:) was up 7.57% or 728.00 points to 10,340.00 in late trade.

Biggest losers included Olympus Corp. (TYO:), which lost 12.02% or 270.50 points to trade at 1,980.00 in late trade. Mitsubishi Materials Corp. (TYO:) declined 9.15% or 237.00 points to end at 2,353.50 and DeNA Co Ltd (TYO:) shed 8.59% or 143.00 points to 1,522.00.

Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 2290 to 1354 and 219 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.

The , which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 0.50% to 20.03.

In commodities trading, Crude oil for September delivery was up 0.39% or 0.33 to $84.73 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in October rose 0.43% or 0.38 to hit $87.93 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.02% or 0.30 to trade at $1,950.90 a troy ounce.

USD/JPY was up 0.15% to 143.93, while EUR/JPY rose 0.46% to 158.47.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.20% at 102.11.