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 0.25%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Fuji Electric Co., Ltd. (T:6504), which rose 11.78% or 585.0 points to trade at 5550.0 at the close. Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. (T:9104) added 9.48% or 620.0 points to end at 7160.0 and Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd. (T:9107) was up 7.03% or 360.0 points to 5480.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Alps Electric Co., Ltd. (T:6770), which lost 6.41% or 76.0 points to trade at 1110.0 in late trade. Panasonic Corp (T:6752) declined 6.20% or 92.0 points to end at 1392.5 and Chubu Electric Power Co., Inc. (T:9502) shed 5.42% or 67.5 points to 1179.0.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1876 to 1590 and 249 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0% to 21.04.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for December delivery was up 0.27% or 0.22 to $83.03 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in January rose 0.29% or 0.24 to hit $83.90 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.29% or 5.15 to trade at $1797.45 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.00% to 113.56, while EUR/JPY fell 0.04% to 132.58.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.05% at 93.373.