Investing.com – Japan stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Real Estate , Banking and Textile sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 rose 1.35%.
The best performers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Sumitomo Dainippon Pharma Co Ltd (TYO: 4506 ), which rose 19.69% or 100.00 points to trade at 608.00 at the close. Meanwhile, CyberAgent Inc (TYO: 4751 ) added 9.21% or 99.00 points to end at 1,173.50 and Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Ltd. (TYO: 7012 ) was up 7.05% or 534.00 points to 8,104.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Toho Co., Ltd. (TYO: 9602 ), which fell 2.26% or 183.00 points to trade at 7,914.00 at the close. Nitori Holdings Co Ltd (TYO: 9843 ) declined 1.78% or 305.00 points to end at 16,875.00 and Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd. (TYO: 7912 ) was down 1.58% or 31.00 points to 1,933.50.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 2578 to 1036 and 214 ended unchanged.
The Nikkei Volatility , which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 1.10% to 27.84.
Crude oil for May delivery was up 0.77% or 0.48 to $62.95 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in June rose 0.59% or 0.39 to hit $66.24 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 0.12% or 3.86 to trade at $3,342.54 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.58% to 142.74, while EUR/JPY rose 0.27% to 162.10.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.26% at 99.40.