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 1.19%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were DIC Corp (T:4631), which rose 7.59% or 198.0 points to trade at 2808.0 at the close. Olympus Corp. (T:7733) added 6.78% or 79.0 points to end at 1244.0 and The Japan Steel Works, Ltd. (T:5631) was up 5.99% or 107.0 points to 1893.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Tokyo Dome Corp. (T:9681), which lost 2.18% or 23.0 points to trade at 1033.0 in late trade. Familymart Ltd (T:8028) declined 1.33% or 33.0 points to end at 2450.0 and Suzuki Motor Corp. (T:7269) shed 1.21% or 50.0 points to 4098.0.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 3009 to 523 and 170 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0.00% to 19.37.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for October delivery was down 0.93% or 0.53 to $56.18 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in November fell 0.53% or 0.32 to hit $60.17 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.11% or 1.75 to trade at $1535.15 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.04% to 106.45, while EUR/JPY fell 0.19% to 117.52.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.04% at 98.493.