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 0.58%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd. (T:9107), which rose 4.24% or 310.0 points to trade at 7620.0 at the close. T&D Holdings, Inc. (T:8795) added 3.46% or 53.0 points to end at 1585.0 and Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. (T:9104) was up 3.15% or 290.0 points to 9500.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Toho Zinc Co., Ltd. (T:5707), which lost 4.50% or 137.0 points to trade at 2908.0 in late trade. Kobe Steel, Ltd. (T:5406) declined 3.79% or 28.0 points to end at 710.0 and TOTO Ltd. (T:5332) shed 3.73% or 230.0 points to 5940.0.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 2347 to 1145 and 268 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0% to 19.77.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for October delivery was down 0.47% or 0.34 to $72.22 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in November fell 0.45% or 0.34 to hit $75.33 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.35% or 6.15 to trade at $1762.85 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.18% to 109.89, while EUR/JPY rose 0.31% to 129.45.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.14% at 92.785.