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 added 0.13%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Chiyoda Corp. (T:6366), which rose 9.52% or 28.0 points to trade at 322.0 at the close. Mitsubishi Estate Co Ltd (T:8802) added 3.76% or 78.0 points to end at 2154.0 and Nissan Chemical Industries, Ltd. (T:4021) was up 2.61% or 120.0 points to 4725.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Isuzu Motors, Ltd. (T:7202), which lost 3.68% or 44.0 points to trade at 1152.0 in late trade. Toho Zinc Co., Ltd. (T:5707) declined 2.87% or 57.0 points to end at 1929.0 and Suzuki Motor Corp. (T:7269) shed 2.57% or 126.0 points to 4780.0.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 2517 to 1055 and 227 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0.00% to 15.58.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for March delivery was up 0.54% or 0.30 to $55.89 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in March rose 0.60% or 0.37 to hit $62.41 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract fell 0.39% or 6.15 to trade at $1559.25 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.06% to 109.55, while EUR/JPY fell 0.02% to 120.98.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.07% at 97.555.