Japan shares higher at close of trade; Nikkei 225 up 2.15%

Investing.com – Japan equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Food, Fishery and Services sectors propelled shares higher.

At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 added 2.15%.

The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Mercari Inc (TYO:4385), which rose 6.51% or 166.00 points to trade at 2,717.50 at the close. Fujikura Ltd. (TYO:5803) added 6.36% or 264.00 points to end at 4,418.00 and Recruit Holdings Co Ltd (TYO:6098) was up 6.16% or 534.00 points to 9,208.00 in late trade.

Biggest losers included Mitsubishi Electric Corp (TYO:6503), which lost 2.27% or 52.00 points to trade at 2,238.00 in late trade. Fujifilm Holdings Corp. (TYO:4901) declined 0.74% or 28.00 points to end at 3,766.00 and Kyowa Kirin Co Ltd (TYO:4151) shed 0.68% or 22.00 points to 3,230.00.

Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 2899 to 720 and 240 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.

The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 3.50% to 27.81.

In commodities trading, Crude oil for November delivery was up 0.64% or 0.45 to $70.33 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in November rose 0.62% or 0.46 to hit $74.11 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.09% or 2.40 to trade at $2,601.00 a troy ounce.

USD/JPY was up 0.31% to 142.71, while EUR/JPY rose 0.42% to 158.85.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.29% at 100.58.