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 0.51%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were NGK Insulators, Ltd. (T:5333), which rose 8.91% or 128.0 points to trade at 1565.0 at the close. The Japan Steel Works, Ltd. (T:5631) added 7.55% or 123.0 points to end at 1752.0 and Nitto Denko Co (T:6988) was up 7.42% or 480.0 points to 6950.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included West Japan Railway Co. (T:9021), which lost 3.58% or 201.0 points to trade at 5418.0 in late trade. Central Japan Railway Co. (T:9022) declined 3.56% or 575.0 points to end at 15590.0 and East Japan Railway Co. (T:9020) shed 2.85% or 197.0 points to 6710.0.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 2547 to 960 and 209 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0% to 22.64.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for November delivery was up 0.37% or 0.15 to $40.46 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in November rose 0.52% or 0.22 to hit $42.16 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.02% or 0.45 to trade at $1877.35 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.04% to 105.36, while EUR/JPY rose 0.03% to 123.06.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.13% at 94.270.