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 0.54% to hit a new 1-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Sekisui House, Ltd. (T:1928), which rose 4.81% or 91.0 points to trade at 1983.0 at the close. Mitsubishi Chemical Holdings Corp (T:4188) added 3.76% or 28.2 points to end at 778.8 and Casio Computer Co., Ltd. (T:6952) was up 3.71% or 56.0 points to 1565.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Rakuten Inc (T:4755), which lost 5.20% or 54.0 points to trade at 984.0 in late trade. Pacific Metals Co., Ltd. (T:5541) declined 3.47% or 78.0 points to end at 2172.0 and Softbank Group Corp. (T:9984) shed 2.65% or 127.0 points to 4668.0.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1798 to 1634 and 272 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0.00% to 16.48 a new 1-month low.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for October delivery was down 0.09% or 0.05 to $56.25 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in November fell 0.07% or 0.04 to hit $60.91 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.38% or 5.75 to trade at $1519.75 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.05% to 106.97, while EUR/JPY rose 0.10% to 118.11.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.04% at 98.347.