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Investing.com – Japan equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the , and sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tokyo, the added 0.70%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the were Pacific Metals Co., Ltd. (T:), which rose 6.52% or 240.00 points to trade at 3,920.00 at the close. Toho Zinc Co., Ltd. (T:) added 6.47% or 195.00 points to end at 3,210.00 and Idemitsu Kosan Co Ltd (T:) was up 6.23% or 200.00 points to 3,410.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Dentsu Inc. (T:), which lost 4.03% or 185.00 points to trade at 4,405.00 in late trade. CyberAgent Inc (T:) declined 2.52% or 37.00 points to end at 1,434.00 and Japan Steel Works Ltd (T:) shed 1.58% or 60.00 points to 3,735.00.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 2122 to 1418 and 226 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The , which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 6.93% to 27.32.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for April delivery was up 4.48% or 4.95 to $115.55 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in May rose 4.82% or 5.44 to hit $118.37 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 0.39% or 7.55 to trade at $1,929.85 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.19% to 115.72, while EUR/JPY fell 0.02% to 128.43.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.10% at 97.51.
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