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 gained 0.50%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Taiyo Yuden Co., Ltd. (T:6976), which rose 6.84% or 440.0 points to trade at 6870.0 at the close. Kubota Corp. (T:6326) added 6.20% or 145.0 points to end at 2484.5 and Mitsui & Co., Ltd. (T:8031) was up 4.86% or 125.0 points to 2698.5 in late trade.
Biggest losers included CyberAgent Inc (T:4751), which lost 4.09% or 92.0 points to trade at 2160.0 in late trade. Pacific Metals Co., Ltd. (T:5541) declined 3.97% or 92.0 points to end at 2226.0 and MS&AD Insurance Group Holdings (T:8725) shed 3.22% or 118.0 points to 3547.0.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1934 to 1604 and 220 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0% to 18.66 a new 1-month low.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for January delivery was up 0.97% or 0.76 to $79.17 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in January rose 0.97% or 0.79 to hit $82.03 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.08% or 1.45 to trade at $1859.95 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.07% to 114.32, while EUR/JPY fell 0.05% to 129.83.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.07% at 95.608.