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 0.40%.
The best performers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Familymart Ltd (T:8028), which rose 6.05% or 137.0 points to trade at 2400.0 at the close. Meanwhile, The Japan Steel Works, Ltd. (T:5631) added 2.82% or 48.0 points to end at 1749.0 and Oji Holdings Corp. (T:3861) was up 2.52% or 12.0 points to 488.0 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Taiyo Yuden Co., Ltd. (T:6976), which fell 3.39% or 71.0 points to trade at 2023.0 at the close. Hitachi Zosen Corp. (T:7004) declined 2.05% or 7.0 points to end at 335.0 and Olympus Corp. (T:7733) was down 1.76% or 22.0 points to 1225.0.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 1770 to 1665 and 295 ended unchanged.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0.00% to 17.56.
Crude oil for October delivery was up 0.05% or 0.03 to $55.38 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in October rose 0.22% or 0.13 to hit $60.05 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.25% or 3.75 to trade at $1504.75 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.22% to 106.66, while EUR/JPY rose 0.14% to 118.06.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.19% at 98.250.