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 0.54% to hit a new 1-month high.
The best performers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Sekisui House, Ltd. (T:1928), which rose 4.81% or 91.0 points to trade at 1983.0 at the close. Meanwhile, Mitsubishi Chemical Holdings Corp (T:4188) added 3.76% or 28.2 points to end at 778.8 and Casio Computer Co., Ltd. (T:6952) was up 3.71% or 56.0 points to 1565.0 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Rakuten Inc (T:4755), which fell 5.20% or 54.0 points to trade at 984.0 at the close. Pacific Metals Co., Ltd. (T:5541) declined 3.47% or 78.0 points to end at 2172.0 and Softbank Group Corp. (T:9984) was down 2.65% or 127.0 points to 4668.0.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 1798 to 1634 and 272 ended unchanged.
Shares in Sekisui House, Ltd. (T:1928) rose to 52-week highs; up 4.81% or 91.0 to 1983.0.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0.00% to 16.48 a new 1-month low.
Crude oil for October delivery was down 0.12% or 0.07 to $56.23 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in November fell 0.07% or 0.04 to hit $60.91 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.37% or 5.65 to trade at $1519.85 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.05% to 106.97, while EUR/JPY rose 0.09% to 118.10.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.04% at 98.347.