Japan stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Paper&Pulp, Railway&Bus and Real Estate sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 rose 0.05%.
The best performers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Shiseido Co., Ltd. (T:4911), which rose 5.55% or 449.0 points to trade at 8543.0 at the close. Meanwhile, Dainippon Screen Mfg. Co., Ltd. (T:7735) added 3.28% or 200.0 points to end at 6300.0 and Nomura Holdings Inc (T:8604) was up 2.27% or 9.0 points to 405.3 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Pacific Metals Co., Ltd. (T:5541), which fell 2.78% or 55.0 points to trade at 1925.0 at the close. Shinsei Bank, Ltd. (T:8303) declined 2.72% or 40.0 points to end at 1430.0 and Kuraray Co., Ltd. (T:3405) was down 2.46% or 30.0 points to 1189.0.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 2006 to 1399 and 316 ended unchanged.
Shares in Kuraray Co., Ltd. (T:3405) fell to 3-years lows; losing 2.46% or 30.0 to 1189.0.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0.00% to 18.34.
Crude oil for October delivery was up 0.16% or 0.09 to $55.77 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in October rose 0.07% or 0.04 to hit $60.34 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.52% or 7.85 to trade at $1507.85 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.15% to 106.45, while EUR/JPY rose 0.03% to 118.19.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.12% at 98.060.
