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 2.06%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd. (T:9107), which rose 10.99% or 830.0 points to trade at 8380.0 at the close. Nippon Yusen K.K (T:9101) added 8.06% or 820.0 points to end at 10990.0 and Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. (T:9104) was up 6.70% or 620.0 points to 9870.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd. (T:4063), which lost 0.46% or 95.0 points to trade at 20525.0 in late trade. Daiichi Sankyo Co., Ltd. (T:4568) declined 0.26% or 8.0 points to end at 3076.0 and Shinsei Bank, Ltd. (T:8303) gained 0.16% or 3.0 points to 1879.0.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 3319 to 327 and 135 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0% to 23.45 a new 3-month high.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for November delivery was up 0.01% or 0.01 to $73.31 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in November rose 0.21% or 0.16 to hit $77.41 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.23% or 4.00 to trade at $1753.80 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.16% to 110.47, while EUR/JPY rose 0.18% to 129.68.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.12% at 93.138.