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 1.05% to hit a new 3-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Isetan Mitsukoshi Holdings Ltd. (T:3099), which rose 5.24% or 44.0 points to trade at 883.0 at the close. Yahoo Japan Corp. (T:4689) added 4.92% or 15.0 points to end at 320.0 and Mitsui Fudosan Co., Ltd. (T:8801) was up 4.67% or 115.5 points to 2586.5 in late trade.
Biggest losers included CyberAgent Inc (T:4751), which lost 3.60% or 150.0 points to trade at 4015.0 in late trade. NSK Ltd. (T:6471) declined 2.71% or 27.0 points to end at 969.0 and Sumitomo Dainippon Pharma Co Ltd (T:4506) shed 1.79% or 34.0 points to 1861.0.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 2300 to 1217 and 210 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0.00% to 16.18.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for October delivery was up 0.13% or 0.07 to $55.16 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in November unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 to hit $60.38 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.14% or 2.15 to trade at $1509.55 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.06% to 108.03, while EUR/JPY rose 0.31% to 119.93.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.24% at 98.072.