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 added 2.55% to hit a new 52-week high.
The best performers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Tokyo Electron Ltd. (T:8035), which rose 5.87% or 1380.0 points to trade at 24895.0 at the close. Meanwhile, Yaskawa Electric Corp. (T:6506) added 5.38% or 220.0 points to end at 4310.0 and Nissan Chemical Industries, Ltd. (T:4021) was up 5.27% or 240.0 points to 4795.0 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Hitachi Zosen Corp. (T:7004), which fell 1.57% or 7.0 points to trade at 438.0 at the close. Fujitsu Ltd. (T:6702) declined 0.64% or 65.0 points to end at 10055.0 and NTT Docomo, Inc. (T:9437) was down 0.49% or 15.0 points to 3025.0.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 2255 to 1320 and 212 ended unchanged.
Shares in Tokyo Electron Ltd. (T:8035) rose to all time highs; rising 5.87% or 1380.0 to 24895.0.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0.00% to 15.93.
Crude oil for January delivery was up 0.56% or 0.33 to $59.51 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in February rose 0.72% or 0.46 to hit $64.66 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract fell 0.09% or 1.35 to trade at $1470.95 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.30% to 109.61, while EUR/JPY rose 0.62% to 122.38.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.50% at 96.900.