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 rose 1.13%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Citizen Holdings Co., Ltd. (T:7762), which rose 9.68% or 45.0 points to trade at 510.0 at the close. DIC Corp (T:4631) added 5.63% or 170.0 points to end at 3190.0 and Marui Group Co., Ltd. (T:8252) was up 4.70% or 105.0 points to 2339.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Oki Electric Industry Co., Ltd. (T:6703), which lost 5.02% or 49.0 points to trade at 927.0 in late trade. Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings (T:8309) declined 4.38% or 170.0 points to end at 3707.0 and Suzuki Motor Corp. (T:7269) shed 2.75% or 143.0 points to 5065.0.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 2557 to 1011 and 189 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0% to 20.87.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for December delivery was down 0.75% or 0.61 to $80.98 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in January fell 0.77% or 0.64 to hit $82.23 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.16% or 2.90 to trade at $1861.00 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.08% to 114.14, while EUR/JPY rose 0.07% to 130.68.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.04% at 95.135.