The Nikkei 225 Index went up by 517 points or 0.84 percent on Thursday to close at 61952 points. The rise was led by Advantest (11.15%), NEC (8.19%) and Hitachi (5.85%). On the downside, the weakerst performers were Sumitomo Mitsui (-75.70%), Nomura (-6.55%) and Nikon Corporation (-5.72%).