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 added 0.55%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Tokyo Electron Ltd. (T:8035), which rose 7.13% or 1655.0 points to trade at 24860.0 at the close. Oki Electric Industry Co., Ltd. (T:6703) added 2.96% or 31.0 points to end at 1078.0 and Yokogawa Electric Corp. (T:6841) was up 2.77% or 45.0 points to 1672.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Toyo Seikan Group Holdings, Ltd. (T:5901), which lost 3.59% or 46.0 points to trade at 1234.0 in late trade. DeNA Co Ltd (T:2432) declined 3.51% or 51.0 points to end at 1403.0 and Kobe Steel, Ltd. (T:5406) shed 3.31% or 14.0 points to 409.0.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1957 to 1511 and 191 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0% to 33.05.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for July delivery was up 2.34% or 0.91 to $39.75 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in August rose 2.00% or 0.83 to hit $42.34 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 0.49% or 8.50 to trade at $1739.60 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.00% to 106.95, while EUR/JPY rose 0.04% to 119.87.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.00% at 97.403.