Japanese stocks are up at the close; Nikkei 225 rose 2.15% 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 2.15%.

The best performers of the session on the were Merchants Inc (TYO: ), which rose 6.51% or 166.00 points to trade at 2,717.50 at the close. Meanwhile, Fujikura Ltd. (TYO:) added 6.36% or 264.00 points to end at 4,418.00 and Recruit Holdings Co Ltd (TYO: ) was up 6.16% or 534.00 points to trade at 9,208.00 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Mitsubishi Electric Corp (TYO: ), which declined 2.27% or 52.00 points to trade at 2,238.00 at the close. Fujifilm Holdings Corp. (TYO: ) declined 0.74% or 28.00 points to 3,766.00 and Kyowa Kirin Co Ltd (TYO: ) declined 0.68% or 22.00 points to 3,230.00.

Advancers outnumbered decliners on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 2,899 to 720, while 240 ended unchanged.

Shares of Fujikura Ltd. (TYO:) rose to all-time highs; up 6.36% or 264.00 to 4,418.00.

which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, fell 3.50% to 27.81.

Crude oil for November delivery rose 0.69%, or 0.48, to $70.36 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodity trading, Brent crude for November delivery rose 0.64%, or 0.47, to $74.12 a barrel, while December gold futures rose 0.10 % or 2.50 to $2,601.10 per troy ounce.

USD/JPY rose 0.32% to 142.73, while EUR/JPY rose 0.44% to 158.88.

US dollar index futures rose 0.29% to 100.58.