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 rose 0.33%.
The best performers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Fujikura Ltd. (T:5803), which rose 16.30% or 90.0 points to trade at 642.0 at the close. Meanwhile, Nikon Corp. (T:7731) added 8.44% or 89.0 points to end at 1143.0 and Konami Corp. (T:9766) was up 7.41% or 440.0 points to 6380.0 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Kobe Steel, Ltd. (T:5406), which fell 10.61% or 80.0 points to trade at 674.0 at the close. Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd. (T:5801) declined 5.84% or 159.0 points to end at 2563.0 and Nippon Sheet Glass Co., Ltd. (T:5202) was down 5.58% or 34.0 points to 575.0.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 1829 to 1647 and 260 ended unchanged.
Shares in Fujikura Ltd. (T:5803) rose to 52-week highs; rising 16.30% or 90.0 to 642.0.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0% to 20.85.
Crude oil for September delivery was up 0.56% or 0.39 to $69.48 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in October rose 0.55% or 0.39 to hit $71.68 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.32% or 5.85 to trade at $1803.05 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.00% to 109.74, while EUR/JPY fell 0.05% to 129.77.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.06% at 92.308.