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 added 0.70%.
The best performers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Dentsu Inc. (T:4324), which rose 6.66% or 260.0 points to trade at 4165.0 at the close. Meanwhile, Nisshin Seifun Group Inc. (T:2002) added 5.43% or 113.0 points to end at 2194.0 and Japan Post Holdings Co Ltd (T:6178) was up 5.19% or 52.0 points to 1054.0 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Yahoo Japan Corp. (T:4689), which fell 6.91% or 31.0 points to trade at 417.5 at the close. Idemitsu Kosan Co Ltd (T:5019) declined 1.75% or 55.0 points to end at 3080.0 and Tokyu Fudosan (T:3289) was down 1.28% or 9.0 points to 695.0.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 2551 to 998 and 206 ended unchanged.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0.00% to 15.85 a new 1-month high.
Crude oil for December delivery was up 0.39% or 0.22 to $56.99 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in January rose 0.32% or 0.20 to hit $62.48 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.62% or 9.15 to trade at $1464.25 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.16% to 108.56, while EUR/JPY rose 0.14% to 119.64.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.03% at 98.050.