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 0.74% to hit a new 3-months high.
The best performers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Alps Electric Co., Ltd. (T:6770), which rose 8.91% or 120.0 points to trade at 1467.0 at the close. Meanwhile, JFE Holdings, Inc. (T:5411) added 7.69% or 63.0 points to end at 882.0 and ANA Holdings Inc (T:9202) was up 7.06% or 183.5 points to 2784.0 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Yahoo Japan Corp. (T:4689), which fell 4.10% or 19.0 points to trade at 444.0 at the close. Kikkoman Corp. (T:2801) declined 3.25% or 180.0 points to end at 5360.0 and CyberAgent Inc (T:4751) was down 2.43% or 130.0 points to 5210.0.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 2036 to 1471 and 172 ended unchanged.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0% to 27.38.
Crude oil for July delivery was up 1.23% or 0.46 to $37.87 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in August rose 1.63% or 0.65 to hit $40.64 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.80% or 13.80 to trade at $1713.60 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.22% to 109.37, while EUR/JPY rose 0.42% to 124.23.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.09% at 96.567.