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 0.40%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Familymart Ltd (T:8028), which rose 6.05% or 137.0 points to trade at 2400.0 at the close. The Japan Steel Works, Ltd. (T:5631) added 2.82% or 48.0 points to end at 1749.0 and Oji Holdings Corp. (T:3861) was up 2.52% or 12.0 points to 488.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Taiyo Yuden Co., Ltd. (T:6976), which lost 3.39% or 71.0 points to trade at 2023.0 in late trade. Hitachi Zosen Corp. (T:7004) declined 2.05% or 7.0 points to end at 335.0 and Olympus Corp. (T:7733) shed 1.76% or 22.0 points to 1225.0.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1770 to 1665 and 295 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0.00% to 17.56.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for October delivery was up 0.05% or 0.03 to $55.38 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in October rose 0.18% or 0.11 to hit $60.03 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.24% or 3.65 to trade at $1504.85 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.22% to 106.66, while EUR/JPY rose 0.14% to 118.06.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.19% at 98.252.