Canon led the advancers in the index, climbing 2.17%. Mitsumi Electrical edged up 40 or 2.06%. Sumitomo Chemicals and Shionogi soared 1.94% and 0.84% in that order. Matsushita Electric Work, fifth largest gainer in the index with a rise of 0.68%.

Inpex failed to buck the downtrend despite the record increase of oil to more than $80 per barrel, 24-year record. The oil company shed 0.88% at the close of trade.

Gold also touched a 16-month high at $728.90 per ounce on the New York Merchantile Exchange.

Japanese consumer lender Credia, which is 21% owned by JCB, filed for bankruptcy after is faced difficulty in raising capital and repaying debt amounting to 56.5 billion yen.