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 0.17%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were JFE Holdings, Inc. (T:5411), which rose 3.07% or 24.0 points to trade at 805.0 at the close. Yahoo Japan Corp. (T:4689) added 3.06% or 20.0 points to end at 674.0 and Mazda Motor Corp (T:7261) was up 2.79% or 18.0 points to 664.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Hitachi Zosen Corp. (T:7004), which lost 2.21% or 9.0 points to trade at 398.0 in late trade. Recruit Holdings Co Ltd (T:6098) declined 1.98% or 76.0 points to end at 3755.0 and Ebara Corp. (T:6361) shed 1.87% or 52.0 points to 2726.0.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 2226 to 1200 and 236 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0% to 21.17.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for October delivery was down 0.37% or 0.16 to $42.66 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in October fell 0.29% or 0.13 to hit $44.77 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.10% or 1.90 to trade at $1944.60 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.24% to 105.53, while EUR/JPY fell 0.47% to 124.88.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.07% at 92.847.