Japan stocks higher at close of trade; Nikkei 225 up 2.41%

Investing.com – Japan stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Paper & Pulp, Machinery and Transport sectors led shares higher.

At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 rose 2.41% to hit a new 1-month high.

The best performers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Tokyo Electron Ltd. (TYO:8035), which rose 8.01% or 1,910.00 points to trade at 25,760.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Ebara Corp. (TYO:6361) added 7.79% or 165.00 points to end at 2,282.00 and Isetan Mitsukoshi Holdings Ltd. (TYO:3099) was up 7.66% or 165.50 points to 2,326.00 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Kyowa Kirin Co Ltd (TYO:4151), which fell 3.01% or 81.00 points to trade at 2,612.50 at the close. Astellas Pharma Inc. (TYO:4503) declined 1.21% or 21.00 points to end at 1,719.00 and Tokai Carbon Co., Ltd. (TYO:5301) was down 0.75% or 7.10 points to 939.50.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 2943 to 762 and 187 ended unchanged.

The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 6.95% to 24.77.

Crude oil for November delivery was down 2.48% or 1.73 to $67.96 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in December fell 2.37% or 1.73 to hit $71.17 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.04% or 1.00 to trade at $2,683.70 a troy ounce.

USD/JPY was down 0.00% to 144.74, while EUR/JPY rose 0.15% to 161.41.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.11% at 100.51.