Japan stocks higher at close of trade; Nikkei 225 up 1.00%

Japan stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Real Estate, Banking and Textile sectors led shares higher.

At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 added 1.00%.

The best performers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Nisshin Seifun Group Inc. (TYO:2002), which rose 7.01% or 141.00 points to trade at 2,153.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Advantest Corp. (TYO:6857) added 6.01% or 2,100.00 points to end at 37,030.00 and Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd. (TYO:5801) was up 4.75% or 139.00 points to 3,065.00 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Hitachi Ltd (TYO:6501), which fell 9.77% or 549.00 points to trade at 5,071.00 at the close. Komatsu Ltd. (TYO:6301) declined 7.56% or 515.00 points to end at 6,300.00 and NEC Corp. (TYO:6701) was down 6.39% or 338.00 points to 4,954.00.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 1989 to 1481 and 244 ended unchanged.

The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 18.87% to 32.88.

Crude oil for December delivery was down 1.33% or 1.37 to $101.41 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in January fell 1.21% or 1.35 to hit $110.29 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.12% or 4.68 to trade at $4,046.92 a troy ounce.

USD/JPY was down 0.01% to 157.82, while EUR/JPY fell 0.16% to 175.78.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.05% at 102.08.