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 2.09%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Fuji Electric Co., Ltd. (T:6504), which rose 10.43% or 560.0 points to trade at 5930.0 at the close. Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd. (T:4063) added 7.62% or 1345.0 points to end at 18995.0 and Fujikura Ltd. (T:5803) was up 6.99% or 39.0 points to 597.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Fujitsu Ltd. (T:6702), which lost 9.95% or 1675.0 points to trade at 15165.0 in late trade. NEC Corp. (T:6701) declined 3.67% or 170.0 points to end at 4465.0 and Otsuka Holdings Ltd (T:4578) shed 3.15% or 129.0 points to 3963.0.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 2758 to 841 and 164 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0% to 27.58.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for March delivery was up 0.64% or 0.55 to $87.16 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in April rose 0.52% or 0.46 to hit $88.63 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.14% or 2.45 to trade at $1795.55 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.28% to 115.67, while EUR/JPY rose 0.16% to 128.73.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.11% at 97.347.