Japan becomes the top stock at the end of the trade; Nikkei 225 up 3.55% By Investing.com
Investing.com – Japanese stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in , and sectors led shares higher.
Finally in Tokyo, 3.55% gained.
The musicians who performed best in the session were Ebara Corp. (TYO:), which was up 11.49% or 196.00 points to trade at 1,902.50 at the close. Currently, IHI Corp. (TYO:) added 10.35% or 631.00 points to end at 6,730.00 and Advantest Corp. (TYO:) was up 9.20% or 530.00 points to 6,293.00 in late trade.
They did the worst in the session Daiichi Sankyo Co., Ltd. (TYO:), which fell 2.11 percent or 110.00 points to trade at 5,091.00 at the close. Company Nisshin Seifun Group Inc. (TYO:) declined 0.32% or 6.00 points to end at 1,879.00 and Itochu Corp. (TYO:) was down 0.17% or 13.00 points to 7,422.00.
Advancing stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 3291 to 396 and 155 ended unchanged.
Shares in IHI Corp. (TYO:) up to 5 years; earning 10.35% or 631.00 to 6,730.00.
The , which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, rose 0.71% to 28.33.
Crude oil for October delivery rose 1.31% or 0.88 to $68.19 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodity trading, Brent crude for November delivery rose 1.37% or 0.97 to $71.58 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.22% or 5.65 to trade at $2,548.05 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY rose 0.19% to 142.63, while EUR/JPY rose 0.26% to 157.16.
US Dollar Index Futures were up 0.05% at 101.71.
