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 Nippon Meat Packers, Inc. (T:2282), which rose 3.80% or 165.0 points to trade at 4505.0 at the close. Meanwhile, Central Japan Railway Co. (T:9022) added 3.69% or 800.0 points to end at 22490.0 and Yahoo Japan Corp. (T:4689) was up 3.21% or 10.0 points to 322.0 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were JGC Corp. (T:1963), which fell 2.93% or 41.0 points to trade at 1358.0 at the close. Aozora Bank, Ltd. (T:8304) declined 2.89% or 77.0 points to end at 2586.0 and The Kansai Electric Power Co. (T:9503) was down 2.32% or 29.0 points to 1223.5.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 2102 to 1335 and 262 ended unchanged.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0.00% to 19.05 a new 1-month high.
Crude oil for November delivery was up 0.48% or 0.25 to $52.70 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in December rose 0.54% or 0.31 to hit $58.02 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.07% or 1.05 to trade at $1514.85 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.14% to 106.75, while EUR/JPY fell 0.08% to 117.11.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.02% at 98.562.