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 0.18%.
The best performers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were NTT Data Corp. (T:9613), which rose 7.61% or 96.0 points to trade at 1357.0 at the close. Meanwhile, Isuzu Motors, Ltd. (T:7202) added 4.88% or 45.6 points to end at 980.5 and Fujitsu Ltd. (T:6702) was up 4.42% or 600.0 points to 14185.0 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were KDDI Corp. (T:9433), which fell 4.09% or 117.0 points to trade at 2743.0 at the close. Daiichi Sankyo Co., Ltd. (T:4568) declined 3.40% or 340.0 points to end at 9657.0 and Konica Minolta, Inc. (T:4902) was down 2.88% or 9.0 points to 303.0.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 2445 to 1050 and 211 ended unchanged.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0% to 20.84.
Crude oil for October delivery was up 0.81% or 0.33 to $41.30 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in November rose 0.79% or 0.34 to hit $43.64 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.51% or 9.90 to trade at $1959.80 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.13% to 104.59, while EUR/JPY fell 0.07% to 123.98.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.10% at 92.873.