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 2.32%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Isuzu Motors, Ltd. (T:7202), which rose 21.68% or 232.0 points to trade at 1302.0 at the close. Citizen Holdings Co., Ltd. (T:7762) added 10.71% or 39.0 points to end at 403.0 and Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd. (T:7912) was up 9.49% or 201.0 points to 2319.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Nippon Sheet Glass Co., Ltd. (T:5202), which lost 14.78% or 110.0 points to trade at 634.0 in late trade. Toho Zinc Co., Ltd. (T:5707) declined 7.96% or 180.0 points to end at 2081.0 and Oji Holdings Corp. (T:3861) shed 6.48% or 49.0 points to 707.0.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 2798 to 790 and 146 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0% to 26.27 a new 1-month high.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for June delivery was down 0.16% or 0.10 to $63.72 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in July fell 0.24% or 0.16 to hit $66.89 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 0.46% or 8.45 to trade at $1832.45 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.04% to 109.41, while EUR/JPY rose 0.22% to 132.47.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.20% at 90.552.