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 3.15% to hit a new 1-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Casio Computer Co., Ltd. (T:6952), which rose 8.49% or 137.0 points to trade at 1751.0 at the close. Olympus Corp. (T:7733) added 8.39% or 135.0 points to end at 1744.0 and Dentsu Inc. (T:4324) was up 8.37% or 160.0 points to 2072.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included East Japan Railway Co. (T:9020), which lost 2.21% or 184.0 points to trade at 8156.0 in late trade. Nippon Telegraph & Telephone Corp (T:9432) declined 2.10% or 55.0 points to end at 2568.0 and Fujifilm Holdings Corp. (T:4901) shed 2.00% or 109.0 points to 5336.0.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 2067 to 1523 and 181 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0.00% to 36.26 a new 1-month low.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for May delivery was down 7.35% or 1.46 to $18.41 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in June fell 0.07% or 0.02 to hit $27.80 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 1.14% or 19.75 to trade at $1711.95 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.23% to 107.69, while EUR/JPY fell 0.23% to 116.68.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.05% at 100.148.