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 rose 0.18%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were NTT Data Corp. (T:9613), which rose 7.61% or 96.0 points to trade at 1357.0 at the close. Isuzu Motors, Ltd. (T:7202) added 4.88% or 45.6 points to end at 980.5 and Fujitsu Ltd. (T:6702) was up 4.42% or 600.0 points to 14185.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included KDDI Corp. (T:9433), which lost 4.09% or 117.0 points to trade at 2743.0 in late trade. Daiichi Sankyo Co., Ltd. (T:4568) declined 3.40% or 340.0 points to end at 9657.0 and Konica Minolta, Inc. (T:4902) shed 2.88% or 9.0 points to 303.0.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 2445 to 1050 and 211 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0% to 20.84.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for October delivery was up 0.83% or 0.34 to $41.31 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in November rose 0.79% or 0.34 to hit $43.64 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.51% or 9.85 to trade at $1959.75 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.14% to 104.58, while EUR/JPY fell 0.07% to 123.98.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.10% at 92.873.