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 0.23%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Eisai Co., Ltd. (T:4523), which rose 5.81% or 453.0 points to trade at 8248.0 at the close. Advantest Corp. (T:6857) added 3.44% or 180.0 points to end at 5420.0 and Kobe Steel, Ltd. (T:5406) was up 3.23% or 19.0 points to 608.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Trend Micro Inc. (T:4704), which lost 2.02% or 120.0 points to trade at 5830.0 in late trade. Sumitomo Chemical Co., Ltd. (T:4005) declined 1.96% or 10.0 points to end at 499.0 and Nippon Suisan Kaisha, Ltd. (T:1332) shed 1.90% or 12.0 points to 620.0.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 2200 to 1318 and 255 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0.00% to 15.44.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for January delivery was down 0.21% or 0.12 to $58.31 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in February fell 0.24% or 0.15 to hit $63.24 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract fell 0.36% or 5.35 to trade at $1477.75 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.07% to 108.67, while EUR/JPY fell 0.07% to 120.67.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.00% at 97.373.