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 gained 0.47%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were IHI Corp. (T:7013), which rose 5.14% or 136.0 points to trade at 2782.0 at the close. Dainippon Screen Mfg. Co., Ltd. (T:7735) added 4.05% or 310.0 points to end at 7960.0 and Seven & i Holdings Co., Ltd. (T:3382) was up 3.70% or 149.0 points to 4171.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Fast Retailing Co., Ltd. (T:9983), which lost 2.78% or 1770.0 points to trade at 61990.0 in late trade. Chubu Electric Power Co., Inc. (T:9502) declined 2.35% or 35.5 points to end at 1473.0 and Isuzu Motors, Ltd. (T:7202) shed 1.92% or 24.0 points to 1229.0.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1801 to 1758 and 228 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0.00% to 14.77.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for February delivery was down 0.07% or 0.04 to $59.52 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in March fell 0.02% or 0.01 to hit $65.36 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract fell 0.15% or 2.35 to trade at $1551.95 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.06% to 109.58, while EUR/JPY rose 0.07% to 121.69.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.01% at 97.150.