Japan stocks closed higher on Thursday, with gains in the Mining, Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic and Power sectors leading shares higher. The Nikkei 225 rose 0.39%, with Advantest Corp. (TYO:6857) and Nippon Electric Glass Co., Ltd. (TYO:5214) among the best performers, rising 16.22% and 4.45%, respectively. Meanwhile, Daiichi Sankyo Co., Ltd. (TYO:4568) and Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd. (TYO:9107) were the worst performers, falling 4.38% and 4.08%, respectively.
Crude oil for July delivery was down 0.67% to $73.84 a barrel, while Brent oil for delivery in July fell 0.51% to $77.96 a barrel. The June Gold Futures contract also fell 0.15% to $1,961.60 a troy ounce. The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.20% at 104.00.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 3.60% to 19.00. Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 2044 to 1513 and 286 ended unchanged.