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 rose 1.00% to hit a new all time high.
The best performers of the session on the were SUMCO Corp. (TYO:), which rose 5.89% or 147.00 points to trade at 2,643.50 at the close. Meanwhile, Sumitomo Osaka Cement Co., Ltd. (TYO:) added 5.43% or 217.00 points to end at 4,216.00 and Eisai Co., Ltd. (TYO:) was up 4.40% or 292.00 points to 6,926.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Mercari Inc (TYO:), which fell 3.03% or 72.50 points to trade at 2,324.00 at the close. Fujikura Ltd. (TYO:) declined 3.03% or 106.00 points to end at 3,397.00 and Sapporo Holdings Ltd. (TYO:) was down 2.27% or 142.00 points to 6,100.00.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 2458 to 1160 and 259 ended unchanged.
The , which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 1.83% to 17.79.
Crude oil for August delivery was up 0.72% or 0.59 to $82.69 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in September rose 0.72% or 0.61 to hit $85.69 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 0.24% or 5.80 to trade at $2,385.50 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.02% to 161.70, while EUR/JPY rose 0.06% to 175.22.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.05% at 104.68.
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