Investing.com – Japan stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Paper & Pulp, Railway & Bus and Real Estate sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 gained 0.32%.
The best performers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Yahoo Japan Corp. (T:4689), which rose 3.95% or 15.0 points to trade at 395.0 at the close. Meanwhile, Taiheiyo Cement Corp. (T:5233) added 2.89% or 90.0 points to end at 3205.0 and Yokogawa Electric Corp. (T:6841) was up 2.17% or 41.0 points to 1931.0 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Rakuten Inc (T:4755), which fell 2.38% or 23.0 points to trade at 943.0 at the close. Tokyu Fudosan (T:3289) declined 2.37% or 17.0 points to end at 700.0 and Nippon Light Metal Holdings Co. (T:5703) was down 2.20% or 5.0 points to 222.0.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 1965 to 1519 and 276 ended unchanged.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0.00% to 15.57.
Crude oil for January delivery was down 0.53% or 0.31 to $58.27 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in January fell 0.52% or 0.33 to hit $63.64 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.30% or 4.45 to trade at $1468.05 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.04% to 108.58, while EUR/JPY rose 0.06% to 120.18.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.08% at 97.825.