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 1.25% to hit a new 6-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Shinsei Bank, Ltd. (T:8303), which rose 20.83% or 300.0 points to trade at 1740.0 at the close. Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd. (T:9107) added 5.63% or 330.0 points to end at 6190.0 and Tokyo Electron Ltd. (T:8035) was up 4.90% or 2550.0 points to 54550.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Eisai Co., Ltd. (T:4523), which lost 8.72% or 793.0 points to trade at 8300.0 in late trade. Tokyo Electric Power Co., Inc. (T:9501) declined 6.21% or 20.0 points to end at 302.0 and Takashimaya Co., Ltd. (T:8233) shed 2.64% or 31.0 points to 1144.0.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 2910 to 659 and 202 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0% to 21.20.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for October delivery was up 1.01% or 0.69 to $68.83 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in November rose 1.15% or 0.82 to hit $72.27 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.13% or 2.35 to trade at $1802.35 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.24% to 109.96, while EUR/JPY rose 0.37% to 130.20.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.07% at 92.415.