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 0.62%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were DIC Corp (T:4631), which rose 8.55% or 204.0 points to trade at 2589.0 at the close. Mazda Motor Corp (T:7261) added 5.65% or 33.0 points to end at 617.0 and DeNA Co Ltd (T:2432) was up 5.18% or 69.0 points to 1402.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Nisshin Seifun Group Inc. (T:2002), which lost 10.97% or 192.0 points to trade at 1558.0 in late trade. Mitsubishi Estate Co Ltd (T:8802) declined 8.75% or 151.5 points to end at 1580.0 and Maruha Nichiro Corp (T:1333) shed 5.81% or 134.0 points to 2171.0.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 2174 to 1443 and 138 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0% to 29.15.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for June delivery was up 3.41% or 0.94 to $28.50 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in July rose 3.98% or 1.24 to hit $32.37 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 0.27% or 4.75 to trade at $1745.65 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.11% to 107.12, while EUR/JPY fell 0.04% to 115.81.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.23% at 100.280.