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 1.54%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Mazda Motor Corp (T:7261), which rose 18.52% or 150.0 points to trade at 960.0 at the close. Ricoh Co., Ltd. (T:7752) added 11.21% or 92.0 points to end at 913.0 and NTT Data Corp. (T:9613) was up 9.53% or 148.0 points to 1701.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd. (T:5801), which lost 7.39% or 229.0 points to trade at 2871.0 in late trade. Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd. (T:9107) declined 4.41% or 87.0 points to end at 1886.0 and Oki Electric Industry Co., Ltd. (T:6703) shed 3.88% or 44.0 points to 1090.0.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 2490 to 1037 and 206 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0% to 21.38.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for March delivery was up 0.52% or 0.29 to $56.52 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in April rose 0.20% or 0.12 to hit $59.12 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 0.47% or 8.35 to trade at $1799.55 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.03% to 105.50, while EUR/JPY fell 0.04% to 126.20.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.03% at 91.523.