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 1.81%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Fanuc Corp. (T:6954), which rose 5.62% or 1305.0 points to trade at 24525.0 at the close. Yaskawa Electric Corp. (T:6506) added 5.44% or 265.0 points to end at 5140.0 and Japan Steel Works Ltd (T:5631) was up 5.07% or 150.0 points to 3110.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Takashimaya Co., Ltd. (T:8233), which lost 4.14% or 51.0 points to trade at 1181.0 in late trade. Toray Industries, Inc. (T:3402) declined 1.94% or 13.9 points to end at 703.8 and Asahi Group Holdings, Ltd. (T:2502) shed 1.46% or 79.0 points to 5314.0.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 3004 to 560 and 180 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0% to 22.70.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for November delivery was up 1.06% or 0.86 to $82.17 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in December rose 1.10% or 0.92 to hit $84.92 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.46% or 8.25 to trade at $1789.65 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.41% to 114.12, while EUR/JPY rose 0.57% to 132.54.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.07% at 93.892.