TOKYO: Japan stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Finance & Investment, Rubber and Mining sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 added 1.08%.
The best performers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Hino Motors, Ltd. (TOKYO:7205), which rose 6.85% or 102.0 points to trade at 1591.0 at the close. Meanwhile, Hitachi, Ltd. (TOKYO:6501) added 6.52% or 48.0 points to end at 784.6 and Sumitomo Corp. (TOKYO:8053) was up 6.46% or 86.0 points to 1418.0 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Panasonic Corp. (TOKYO:6752), which fell 5.79% or 89.0 points to trade at 1447.5 at the close. Nichirei Corp. (TOKYO:2871) declined 5.72% or 54.0 points to end at 890.0 and Mitsubishi Electric Corp. (TOKYO:6503) was down 5.66% or 82.5 points to 1374.0.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 1178 to 699 and 1 ended unchanged.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 4.84% to 18.09.
Crude oil for September delivery was down 0.07% or 0.04 to $48.76 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in September rose 0.26% or 0.14 to hit $53.52 a barrel, while the December Gold contract fell 1.02% or 11.10 to trade at $1082.20 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.19% to 124.17, while EUR/JPY fell 0.09% to 136.04.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.26% at 97.47.