Global Stock Exchanges.

Byline: S. Kamal Hayder Kazmi

Japan stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Paper and Pulp, Railway and Bus and Real Estate sectors led shares higher. At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 rose 0.34 percent. Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 2139 to 1383 and 255 ended unchanged. The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0.00 percent to 17.04. Crude oil...