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 0.17% to hit a new 3-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Fujifilm Holdings Corp. (T:4901), which rose 2.76% or 138.0 points to trade at 5138.0 at the close. Eisai Co., Ltd. (T:4523) added 2.74% or 258.0 points to end at 9671.0 and Tokyo Gas Co., Ltd. (T:9531) was up 2.30% or 54.0 points to 2401.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Pacific Metals Co., Ltd. (T:5541), which lost 4.00% or 70.0 points to trade at 1682.0 in late trade. IHI Corp. (T:7013) declined 3.33% or 53.0 points to end at 1537.0 and Tokyo Tatemono Co., Ltd. (T:8804) shed 3.14% or 41.0 points to 1265.0.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1845 to 1641 and 199 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0% to 21.58.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for September delivery was down 0.28% or 0.12 to $42.12 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in October fell 0.22% or 0.10 to hit $44.86 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.95% or 18.75 to trade at $1951.65 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.10% to 106.81, while EUR/JPY fell 0.24% to 125.98.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.03% at 93.343.