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 0.20%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Fast Retailing Co., Ltd. (T:9983), which rose 3.19% or 2160.0 points to trade at 69810.0 at the close. Tokyo Tatemono Co., Ltd. (T:8804) added 2.23% or 29.0 points to end at 1331.0 and Mitsui Mining and Smelting Co. (T:5706) was up 1.72% or 42.0 points to 2488.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Yaskawa Electric Corp. (T:6506), which lost 3.93% or 140.0 points to trade at 3425.0 in late trade. Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd. (T:9107) declined 2.88% or 42.0 points to end at 1415.0 and Rakuten Inc (T:4755) shed 2.86% or 34.0 points to 1156.0.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 2308 to 1217 and 219 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0.00% to 13.50 a new 52-week low.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for August delivery was up 0.71% or 0.43 to $60.63 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in September rose 0.77% or 0.51 to hit $67.03 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 0.44% or 6.25 to trade at $1412.95 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.12% to 108.34, while EUR/JPY rose 0.01% to 122.08.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.13% at 96.542.