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 rose 2.56%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were JTEKT Corp. (T:6473), which rose 9.21% or 64.0 points to trade at 759.0 at the close. Sumitomo Corp. (T:8053) added 8.25% or 98.5 points to end at 1292.0 and Ricoh Co., Ltd. (T:7752) was up 7.77% or 55.0 points to 763.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included DeNA Co Ltd (T:2432), which lost 1.80% or 24.0 points to trade at 1307.0 in late trade. Yahoo Japan Corp. (T:4689) declined 1.36% or 6.0 points to end at 435.0 and Chugai Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. (T:4519) shed 1.24% or 165.0 points to 13090.0.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 2839 to 801 and 139 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0.00% to 34.15.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for June delivery was up 4.42% or 1.04 to $24.59 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in July rose 2.72% or 0.80 to hit $30.26 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 0.23% or 4.05 to trade at $1729.85 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.14% to 106.42, while EUR/JPY rose 0.14% to 115.28.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.07% at 99.832.