Stock Exchange: Japan and Australia’s Stocks Fortify

On Thursday, after the trading gains in the Paper & Pulp, Railway & Bus, and Real Estate sectors led shares higher, Japan stocks increased on the stock exchange.

At the end of trading in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 grew 0.22% to hit a new 1-month high.

Advantest Corp. was the best performer of the session on the Nikkei 225, increasing 20.23% or 700.0 points, trading 4160.0 at the close.

Meanwhile, CyberAgent Inc. grew 11.49% or 455.0 points to end at 4415.0, and Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd. rose 7.24% or 745.0 points to 11035.0 in late trade.

Hitachi Construction Machinery Co. was the worst performers of the session. It was dropping 2.89% or 80.0 points to trade at 2686.0 at the close.

Canon Inc. weakened 2.79% or 87.0 points to end at 3036.0. Dentsu Inc. also declined 2.41% or 90.0 points to 3650.0.

On the Tokyo Stock Exchange, increasing stocks are more than the declining ones by 2243 to 1223, and 284 ended unchanged.

Shares in Advantest Corp. grew to 5-year highs; gaining 20.23% or 700.0 to 4160.0.

The Nikkei Volatility, measuring the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was not moved from 0.00% to 14.95.

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September delivery of Crude oil increased by 0.63% or 0.35 to $56.23 a barrel.

Elsewhere in commodities trading, September delivery of Brent oil grew 0.49% or 0.31 to hit $63.49 a barrel.

Meanwhile, the August Gold Futures contract marked up 0.12% or 1.65 to trade at $1425.25 a troy ounce.

On the forex market, USD/JPY weakened 0.10% to 108.06, while EUR/JPY dropped 0.19% to 120.27.

The US Dollar Index Futures strengthen 0.02% at 97.472.

Financial Market Updates on Australia

In Australia, the Healthcare, IT, and Industrials sectors led shares higher. Australia stocks also rose after the closing of trade on Thursday.

At the close in Sydney, the S&P/ASX 200 grew 0.61%, hitting a new 5-year high as identified on the MarketWatch.

Loof Holdings Ltd was the best performer of the session on the S&P/ASX 200, which increased 6.92% or 0.380 points to trade at 5.870 at the close.

Meanwhile, Nufarm Ltd grew 6.03% or 0.280 points to end at 4.920, and NRW Holdings Ltd added 5.70% or 0.130 points to 2.410 in late trade.

Iluka Resources Ltd was the worst performers of the session. It was declining 6.73% or 0.670 points to trade at 9.290 at the close.

Northern Star Resources Ltd plunged 5.83% or 0.810 points to end at 13.090, and Fortescue MetalsGroup Ltd glided 5.50% or 0.480 points to 8.250.

On the Sydney Stock Exchange, growth stocks were more than declining ones by 677 to 504 and 363 ended unchanged.

The S&P/ASX 200 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/ASX 200 options, noticed an increase of 3.45% to 11.186 at the stock exchange.

August delivery of Gold Futures augmented 0.11% or 1.55 to $1425.15 a troy ounce.

Elsewhere in commodities trading, September delivery of Crude oil expanded 0.45% or 0.25 to hit $56.13 a barrel.

Meanwhile, the September Brent oil contract grew 0.43% or 0.27 to trade at $63.45 a barrel.

AUD/USD declined 0.10% to 0.6969, while AUD/JPY slipped 0.15% to 75.35.

The US Dollar Index Futures weakened 0.01% at 97.447.