TOKYO: Japan stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Non-Metal Minerals, Food and Warehousing sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 gained 1.00% to hit a new 1-month high.
The best performers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd. (T:5801), which rose 15.87% or 33.0 points to trade at 241.0 at the close. Meanwhile, Yokogawa Electric Corp. (T:6841) added 8.56% or 114.0 points to end at 1445.0 and Japan Tobacco Inc (T:2914) was up 6.83% or 284.0 points to 4442.0 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Mitsubishi Corp. (T:8058), which fell 6.20% or 134.5 points to trade at 2034.5 at the close. Toshiba Corp. (T:6502) declined 3.38% or 11.6 points to end at 331.4 and JX Holdings, Inc. (T:5020) was down 2.48% or 12.2 points to 480.1.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 1286 to 587.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 3.56% to 22.77 a new 1-month low.
Crude oil for December delivery was up 0.17% or 0.08 to $46.40 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in December fell 0.06% or 0.03 to hit $48.75 a barrel, while the December Gold contract rose 0.22% or 2.40 to trade at $1108.60 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.05% to 121.50, while EUR/JPY fell 0.08% to 131.98.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.02% at 98.02.
