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 2.55% to hit a new 52-week high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Tokyo Electron Ltd. (T:8035), which rose 5.87% or 1380.0 points to trade at 24895.0 at the close. Yaskawa Electric Corp. (T:6506) added 5.38% or 220.0 points to end at 4310.0 and Nissan Chemical Industries, Ltd. (T:4021) was up 5.27% or 240.0 points to 4795.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Hitachi Zosen Corp. (T:7004), which lost 1.57% or 7.0 points to trade at 438.0 in late trade. Fujitsu Ltd. (T:6702) declined 0.64% or 65.0 points to end at 10055.0 and NTT Docomo, Inc. (T:9437) shed 0.49% or 15.0 points to 3025.0.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 2255 to 1320 and 212 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0.00% to 15.93.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for January delivery was up 0.56% or 0.33 to $59.51 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in February rose 0.72% or 0.46 to hit $64.66 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract fell 0.09% or 1.35 to trade at $1470.95 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.30% to 109.61, while EUR/JPY rose 0.62% to 122.38.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.50% at 96.900.