Japan stocks higher at close of trade; Nikkei 225 up 3.55%

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 gained 3.55%.

The best performers of the session on the were Ebara Corp. (TYO:), which rose 11.49% or 196.00 points to trade at 1,902.50 at the close. Meanwhile, 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.

The worst performers of the session were Daiichi Sankyo Co., Ltd. (TYO:), which fell 2.11% or 110.00 points to trade at 5,091.00 at the close. 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.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 3291 to 396 and 155 ended unchanged.

Shares in IHI Corp. (TYO:) rose to 5-year highs; gaining 10.35% or 631.00 to 6,730.00.

The , which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 0.71% to 28.33.

Crude oil for October delivery was up 1.31% or 0.88 to $68.19 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in November rose 1.37% or 0.97 to hit $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 was up 0.19% to 142.63, while EUR/JPY rose 0.26% to 157.16.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.05% at 101.71.