Japan stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Shipbuilding, Banking and Mining sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 rose 1.28%.
The best performers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Sumitomo Mitsui Financial (T:8316), which rose 8.55% or 284.0 points to trade at 3604.0 at the close. Meanwhile, Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. (T:9104) added 8.44% or 19.0 points to end at 244.0 and Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (TO) (T:8306) was up 7.91% or 40.4 points to 551.3 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Central Japan Railway Co. (T:9022), which fell 3.13% or 650.0 points to trade at 20100.0 at the close. Comsys Holdings Corp. (T:1721) declined 2.59% or 44.0 points to end at 1652.0 and Sumitomo Osaka Cement Co., Ltd. (T:5232) was down 2.41% or 10.0 points to 405.0.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 1390 to 427 and 74 ended unchanged.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 5.27% to 29.67.
Crude oil for April delivery was down 0.12% or 0.04 to $34.62 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in May fell 0.46% or 0.17 to hit $36.76 a barrel, while the April Gold contract rose 0.01% or 0.10 to trade at $1241.90 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.56% to 114.10, while EUR/JPY rose 0.47% to 123.90.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.12% at 98.32.
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