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 0.32%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Yahoo Japan Corp. (T:4689), which rose 3.95% or 15.0 points to trade at 395.0 at the close. Taiheiyo Cement Corp. (T:5233) added 2.89% or 90.0 points to end at 3205.0 and Yokogawa Electric Corp. (T:6841) was up 2.17% or 41.0 points to 1931.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Rakuten Inc (T:4755), which lost 2.38% or 23.0 points to trade at 943.0 in late trade. Tokyu Fudosan (T:3289) declined 2.37% or 17.0 points to end at 700.0 and Nippon Light Metal Holdings Co. (T:5703) shed 2.20% or 5.0 points to 222.0.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1965 to 1519 and 276 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0.00% to 15.57.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for January delivery was down 0.53% or 0.31 to $58.27 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in January fell 0.52% or 0.33 to hit $63.64 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.30% or 4.45 to trade at $1468.05 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.04% to 108.58, while EUR/JPY rose 0.06% to 120.19.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.08% at 97.825.