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 1.95%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Advantest Corp. (T:6857), which unchanged 0% or 0 points to trade at 8930.0 at the close. Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd. (T:9107) unchanged 0% or 0 points to end at 7090.0 and Dainippon Screen Mfg. Co., Ltd. (T:7735) was unchanged 0% or 0 points to 10910.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Fukuoka Financial Group, Inc. (T:8354), which unchanged 0% or 0 points to trade at 2395.0 in late trade. Inpex Corp. (T:1605) unchanged 0% or 0 points to end at 1146.0 and Concordia Financial Group Ltd (T:7186) 0% or 0 points to 483.0.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 2522 to 1118 and 170 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0% to 29.09.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for April delivery was up 3.68% or 3.32 to $93.53 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in May rose 2.10% or 1.95 to hit $94.94 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 0.63% or 12.05 to trade at $1911.85 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was unchanged 0% to 114.74, while EUR/JPY unchanged 0% to 129.79.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.10% at 96.112.