Investing.com – 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 rose 8.99%.
The best performers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Fujikura Ltd. (TYO: 5803 ), which rose 17.46% or 700.00 points to trade at 4,710.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Renesas Electronics Corp (TYO: 6723 ) added 15.69% or 228.00 points to end at 1,681.50 and Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Ltd. (TYO: 7012 ) was up 15.49% or 1,000.00 points to 7,457.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Kao Corp. (TYO: 4452 ), which rose 1.85% or 113.00 points to trade at 6,233.00 at the close. Takara Holdings Inc. (TYO: 2531 ) added 2.06% or 23.50 points to end at 1,165.50 and Meiji Holdings Co., Ltd. (TYO: 2269 ) was up 2.27% or 76.00 points to 3,430.00.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 3762 to 76 and 34 ended unchanged.
The Nikkei Volatility , which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 1.10% to 27.84.
Crude oil for May delivery was down 0.72% or 0.45 to $61.90 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in June fell 0.87% or 0.57 to hit $64.91 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 1.84% or 56.55 to trade at $3,135.95 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.54% to 146.95, while EUR/JPY fell 0.35% to 161.22.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.14% at 102.48.