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 0.34%.
The best performers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Dainippon Screen Mfg. Co., Ltd. (T:7735), which rose 4.98% or 450.0 points to trade at 9480.0 at the close. Meanwhile, Tokyo Electron Ltd. (T:8035) added 4.40% or 2140.0 points to end at 50750.0 and Japan Steel Works Ltd (T:5631) was up 2.46% or 80.0 points to 3335.0 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Toho Zinc Co., Ltd. (T:5707), which fell 8.84% or 310.0 points to trade at 3195.0 at the close. Z Holdings Corp (T:4689) declined 4.40% or 30.5 points to end at 663.1 and Pacific Metals Co., Ltd. (T:5541) was down 4.05% or 87.0 points to 2060.0.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 1829 to 1641 and 278 ended unchanged.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0% to 20.23.
Crude oil for December delivery was down 0.04% or 0.03 to $82.47 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in December fell 0.12% or 0.10 to hit $84.51 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.59% or 10.50 to trade at $1792.40 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.05% to 114.03, while EUR/JPY rose 0.26% to 132.79.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.16% at 93.612.