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 0.16% to hit a new 3-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Rakuten Inc (T:4755), which rose 3.94% or 40.0 points to trade at 1056.0 at the close. Suzuki Motor Corp. (T:7269) added 3.72% or 160.0 points to end at 4465.0 and DeNA Co Ltd (T:2432) was up 2.80% or 55.0 points to 2018.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Yamato Holdings Co., Ltd. (T:9064), which lost 8.37% or 159.0 points to trade at 1740.0 in late trade. Nippon Express Co., Ltd. (T:9062) declined 2.94% or 170.0 points to end at 5620.0 and The Japan Steel Works, Ltd. (T:5631) shed 2.16% or 45.0 points to 2042.0.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1979 to 1425 and 249 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0.00% to 16.39.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for November delivery was up 1.01% or 0.59 to $58.78 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in November rose 0.84% or 0.54 to hit $64.94 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.43% or 6.55 to trade at $1512.75 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.14% to 107.84, while EUR/JPY rose 0.04% to 119.28.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.07% at 97.782.