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% to hit a new 5-year high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Tokyo Dome Corp. (T:9681), which rose 16.72% or 150.0 points to trade at 1047.0 at the close. Tokyo Tatemono Co., Ltd. (T:8804) added 6.65% or 94.0 points to end at 1507.0 and Toho Zinc Co., Ltd. (T:5707) was up 4.50% or 90.0 points to 2090.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Tokyo Gas Co., Ltd. (T:9531), which lost 2.63% or 66.5 points to trade at 2458.5 in late trade. Fukuoka Financial Group, Inc. (T:8354) declined 2.49% or 50.0 points to end at 1960.0 and Osaka Gas Co., Ltd. (T:9532) shed 2.38% or 51.0 points to 2091.0.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 2358 to 1148 and 208 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0% to 21.44.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for January delivery was down 1.99% or 0.91 to $44.80 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in February fell 0.38% or 0.18 to hit $47.61 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.01% or 0.25 to trade at $1805.75 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.18% to 104.06, while EUR/JPY fell 0.10% to 124.06.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.03% at 91.935.