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 0.66%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Mazda Motor Corp (T:7261), which rose 8.70% or 85.0 points to trade at 1062.0 at the close. Panasonic Corp (T:6752) added 4.93% or 61.5 points to end at 1309.0 and Kobe Steel, Ltd. (T:5406) was up 4.80% or 33.0 points to 721.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Eisai Co., Ltd. (T:4523), which lost 3.96% or 485.0 points to trade at 11765.0 in late trade. Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. (T:9104) declined 1.34% or 70.0 points to end at 5160.0 and Chiyoda Corp. (T:6366) shed 1.32% or 6.0 points to 448.0.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 2532 to 981 and 255 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0% to 18.39.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for August delivery was up 0.19% or 0.14 to $73.44 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in August rose 0.17% or 0.13 to hit $75.69 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 0.30% or 5.35 to trade at $1782.05 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.08% to 110.78, while EUR/JPY rose 0.02% to 132.29.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.04% at 91.755.