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

The additional 1.75% was added at the Tokyo close.

They were the top performers at the session Fujikura Ltd. (TYO-), rose 15.86% (85.00 points) to trade at 621.00 by the close. Meanwhile, Denso Corp. (TYO) added 9.72%, or 705.00 points, to reach 7,957.00 Tokuyama Corp. (TYO:), was up 7.44%, or 120.00 points, to 1,733.00 late trade.

These were the worst performers of the session. Konica Minolta, Inc. (TYO-), fell 6.20% (30.00 points) to close at 454.00 Hitachi Construction Machinery Co (TYO): The decline of 4.83% (150.00 points) has brought the total to 2,955.00 Keisei Electric Railway Co., Ltd. (TYO): The drop in 4.77%, or 160.00 points, to 3,195.00 was significant

Stocks on the Tokyo Stock Exchange rose faster than those that were declining by 2505-1050. 208 was unchanged.

Konica Minolta, Inc. shares fell 52 weeks to their lowest point. They lost 6.20%, or 30.00 to 445.00.

The was down 2.8% to 26.61.

Crude oil dropped 0.26 or 0.27 percent to $101.75/barrel for June delivery. Brent oil fell 0.37 percent or 0.35 to $104.58 per barrel in July commodities trading. The June Gold Futures contract dropped 0.17%, or 3.13, to $1,885.57 an ounce.

USD/JPY increased 1.48%, to 130.32. EUR/JPY climbed 1.32%, to 137.34.

At 103.25, the US Dollar Index Futures rose 0.28%.