Japanese stocks are up at the close; Nikkei 225 rose 3.55% Via Investing.com

Investing.com – Japan stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the , and sectors propelled shares higher.

At the close in Tokyo, it gained 3.55%.

The best performers of the session on the were Ebara Corp. (TYO: ), which rose 11.49% or 196.00 points to trade at 1,902.50 at the close. Meanwhile, IHI Corp. (TYO:) added 10.35% or 631.00 points to end at 6,730.00 and Advantest Corp. (TYO: ) was up 9.20% or 530.00 points to end at 6,293.00 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Daiichi Sankyo Co., Ltd. (TYO: ), which decreased 2.11% or 110.00 points to trade at 5,091.00 at the close. Nisshin Seifun Group Inc. (TYO: ) declined 0.32% or 6.00 points to end at 1,879.00 and Itochu Corp. (TYO: ) decreased 0.17% or 13.00 points to 7,422.00.

Advancers outnumbered decliners on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 3,291 to 396, with 155 ending unchanged.

The shares of IHI Corp. (TYO:) climbed to 5-year highs; gaining 10.35% or 631.00 to 6,730.00.

which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, rose 0.71% to 28.33.

Crude oil for October delivery rose 1.31%, or 0.88, to $68.19 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodity trading, Brent crude for November delivery rose 1.37%, or 0.97, to $71.58 a barrel, while December gold futures rose 0.22 % or 5.65 to $2,548.05 per troy ounce.

USD/JPY rose 0.19% to 142.63, while EUR/JPY rose 0.26% to 157.16.

US dollar index futures rose 0.05% to 101.71.