Japan shares higher at close of trade; Nikkei 225 up 1.05%

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 gained 1.05% to hit a new 3-month high.

The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Isetan Mitsukoshi Holdings Ltd. (T: 3099 ), which rose 5.24% or 44.0 points to trade at 883.0 at the close. Yahoo Japan Corp. (T: 4689 ) added 4.92% or 15.0 points to end at 320.0 and Mitsui Fudosan Co., Ltd. (T: 8801 ) was up 4.67% or 115.5 points to 2586.5 in late trade.

Biggest losers included CyberAgent Inc (T: 4751 ), which lost 3.60% or 150.0 points to trade at 4015.0 in late trade. NSK Ltd. (T: 6471 ) declined 2.71% or 27.0 points to end at 969.0 and Sumitomo Dainippon Pharma Co Ltd (T: 4506 ) shed 1.79% or 34.0 points to 1861.0.

Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 2300 to 1217 and 210 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.

The Nikkei Volatility , which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0.00% to 16.18.

In commodities trading, Crude oil for October delivery was up 0.13% or 0.07 to $55.16 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in November unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 to hit $60.38 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.14% or 2.15 to trade at $1509.55 a troy ounce.

USD/JPY was down 0.06% to 108.03, while EUR/JPY rose 0.31% to 119.93.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.24% at 98.072.