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 2.05% to hit a new 1-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were JFE Holdings, Inc. (T:5411), which rose 6.49% or 112.0 points to trade at 1839.0 at the close. IHI Corp. (T:7013) added 5.30% or 130.0 points to end at 2582.0 and Tokai Carbon Co., Ltd. (T:5301) was up 4.99% or 75.0 points to 1578.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Rakuten Inc (T:4755), which lost 2.10% or 24.0 points to trade at 1117.0 in late trade. Kansai Electric Power Co Inc (T:9503) declined 1.34% or 15.0 points to end at 1103.5 and West Japan Railway Co. (T:9021) shed 1.04% or 54.0 points to 5154.0.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 2583 to 956 and 226 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0% to 17.16.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for October delivery was down 0.23% or 0.16 to $69.83 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in November fell 0.08% or 0.06 to hit $72.97 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.20% or 3.65 to trade at $1815.15 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.08% to 110.00, while EUR/JPY rose 0.11% to 130.66.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.02% at 92.213.