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 0.18% to hit a new 6-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Pacific Metals Co., Ltd. (T:5541), which rose 9.10% or 207.0 points to trade at 2482.0 at the close. Dainippon Screen Mfg. Co., Ltd. (T:7735) added 8.03% or 570.0 points to end at 7670.0 and Ebara Corp. (T:6361) was up 4.65% or 138.0 points to 3105.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Shiseido Co., Ltd. (T:4911), which lost 3.12% or 277.0 points to trade at 8590.0 in late trade. Asahi Group Holdings, Ltd. (T:2502) declined 2.85% or 155.0 points to end at 5290.0 and Fujifilm Holdings Corp. (T:4901) shed 2.84% or 135.0 points to 4618.0.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1816 to 1680 and 251 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0.00% to 15.45 a new 1-month low.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for November delivery was up 0.09% or 0.05 to $53.98 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in December fell 0.35% or 0.21 to hit $59.70 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.42% or 6.25 to trade at $1492.05 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.03% to 108.62, while EUR/JPY unchanged 0.00% to 120.84.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.01% at 97.322.