Investing.com – Japan equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Paper & Pulp, Railway & Bus and Real Estate sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 gained 1.15%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd. (T:9107), which rose 9.53% or 125.0 points to trade at 1437.0 at the close. SUMCO Corp. (T:3436) added 8.55% or 127.0 points to end at 1612.0 and Familymart Ltd (T:8028) was up 5.64% or 147.0 points to 2754.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Toho Co., Ltd. (T:9602), which lost 1.71% or 80.0 points to trade at 4605.0 in late trade. Tokyo Dome Corp. (T:9681) declined 1.58% or 16.0 points to end at 998.0 and Kao Corp. (T:4452) shed 1.55% or 130.0 points to 8267.0.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1857 to 1627 and 237 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0.00% to 17.74.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for November delivery was up 1.72% or 0.92 to $54.47 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in December rose 1.91% or 1.13 to hit $60.23 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.29% or 4.35 to trade at $1505.25 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.01% to 107.97, while EUR/JPY rose 0.10% to 118.92.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.06% at 98.343.