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

Tokyo closed with the exchange rate rising 0.2% to reach a new one-month peak.

These were the best performers of the session Pacific Metals Co., Ltd. (T:) traded at 4,320.00 after the close, up 12.06%. That’s 465.00 points. Meanwhile, Nisshinbo Holdings Inc. Japan Steel Works Ltd (T) gained 6.45% (68.00 points) to reach 1,122.00. Japan Steel Works Ltd was up 3.2%, 135.00 points to 3,760.00 by late trade.

They were also the session’s worst performers Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd. T:, which dropped 9.61% (or 810.00 points) to trade at 7,620.00 by the close. Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. T: dropped 7.75%, or 860.00 points, to finish at 10,240.00 Nippon Yusen K.K (T:), was lower by 7.28%, or 860.00 points to 10,950.00.

The Tokyo Stock Exchange saw rising stocks surpassing declining stocks from 1950 through 1586, and 262 ended the same.

Pacific Metals Co., Ltd. shares rose to 5 year highs, up 12.06%, 465.00 to 4,320.00. Nishinbo Holdings Inc. shares (T:), rose to three-years highs. They were up 6.45%, or 68.00, to 1,122.00.

The implied volatility index of Nikkei options was at its lowest point for a 1-month, the. It fell 3.52% from 24.40 to 24.42.

The price of crude oil in May delivery fell 0.46 percent to $114.47 per barrel. Brent oil, which was due for delivery in May, rose by 0.12 or 0.01 to reach $121.72/barrel, and the April Gold Futures contract rose by 0.30%, or 5.75, to trade at $1.943.05 per troy ounce.

USD/JPY increased 0.46%, to 121.71, and EUR/JPY climbed 0.26% to 133.65.

At 98.86, the US Dollar Index Futures rose 0.24%.