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 0.45% to hit a new 1-month high.
The best performers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Mazda Motor Corp (T:7261), which rose 5.77% or 55.0 points to trade at 1008.0 at the close. Meanwhile, Fuji Electric Co., Ltd. (T:6504) added 5.61% or 190.0 points to end at 3575.0 and Yokogawa Electric Corp. (T:6841) was up 4.97% or 99.0 points to 2089.0 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Taiyo Yuden Co., Ltd. (T:6976), which fell 2.98% or 105.0 points to trade at 3420.0 at the close. The Kansai Electric Power Co. (T:9503) declined 2.86% or 35.5 points to end at 1207.0 and CyberAgent Inc (T:4751) was down 2.52% or 95.0 points to 3675.0.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 1970 to 1550 and 265 ended unchanged.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0.00% to 13.90.
Crude oil for February delivery was up 0.21% or 0.12 to $58.64 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in March rose 0.20% or 0.13 to hit $64.75 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.30% or 4.65 to trade at $1555.15 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.08% to 110.22, while EUR/JPY rose 0.10% to 122.76.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.01% at 97.055.