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 , and sectors led shares higher.

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

The best performers of the session on the were Tokyo Electron Ltd. (TYO:), which rose 8.01% or 1,910.00 points to trade at 25,760.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Ebara Corp. (TYO:) added 7.79% or 165.00 points to end at 2,282.00 and Isetan Mitsukoshi Holdings Ltd. (TYO:) 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:), which fell 3.01% or 81.00 points to trade at 2,612.50 at the close. Astellas Pharma Inc. (TYO:) declined 1.21% or 21.00 points to end at 1,719.00 and Tokai Carbon Co., Ltd. (TYO:) 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 , 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.