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 1.34%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Mitsubishi Motors Corp. (T:7211), which rose 4.83% or 14.0 points to trade at 304.0 at the close. Inpex Corp. (T:1605) added 4.36% or 39.0 points to end at 934.0 and Konica Minolta, Inc. (T:4902) was up 3.89% or 23.0 points to 614.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. (T:9104), which lost 5.64% or 400.0 points to trade at 6690.0 in late trade. Nippon Yusen K.K (T:9101) declined 4.65% or 360.0 points to end at 7390.0 and Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd. (T:9107) shed 4.44% or 240.0 points to 5170.0.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 2719 to 819 and 207 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0% to 25.72 a new 3-month high.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for November delivery was up 1.29% or 1.01 to $79.31 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in December rose 1.24% or 1.02 to hit $82.97 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.23% or 4.05 to trade at $1755.15 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.34% to 111.97, while EUR/JPY rose 0.30% to 129.27.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.12% at 94.335.