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 added 0.62%.
The best performers of the session on the were T&D Holdings, Inc. (TYO:), which rose 12.80% or 320.50 points to trade at 2,824.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Tokyo Electron Ltd. (TYO:) added 6.74% or 1,500.00 points to end at 23,740.00 and Casio Computer Co., Ltd. (TYO:) was up 6.64% or 71.00 points to 1,140.50 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Ricoh Co., Ltd. (TYO:), which fell 5.08% or 89.00 points to trade at 1,663.00 at the close. Advantest Corp. (TYO:) declined 3.48% or 296.00 points to end at 8,210.00 and Sumitomo Dainippon Pharma Co Ltd (TYO:) was down 3.32% or 20.00 points to 583.00.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 2218 to 1329 and 294 ended unchanged.
The , which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 0.38% to 20.77 a new 3-months low.
Crude oil for January delivery was down 0.07% or 0.05 to $68.67 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in February fell 0.07% or 0.05 to hit $72.25 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract fell 0.20% or 5.24 to trade at $2,659.56 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.34% to 151.62, while EUR/JPY rose 0.13% to 159.89.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.19% at 106.25.
