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 1.58%.
The best performers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Sony Corp (T:6758), which rose 4.72% or 550.0 points to trade at 12200.0 at the close. Meanwhile, Nitto Denko Co (T:6988) added 4.57% or 430.0 points to end at 9840.0 and Taiyo Yuden Co., Ltd. (T:6976) was up 4.50% or 240.0 points to 5570.0 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were CyberAgent Inc (T:4751), which fell 3.42% or 69.0 points to trade at 1951.0 at the close. Kansai Electric Power Co Inc (T:9503) declined 3.01% or 35.0 points to end at 1129.0 and Marubeni Corp. (T:8002) was down 2.45% or 22.3 points to 889.0.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 2081 to 1440 and 216 ended unchanged.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0% to 21.04.
Crude oil for May delivery was up 3.62% or 2.14 to $61.30 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in June rose 0.05% or 0.03 to hit $64.67 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 0.87% or 14.85 to trade at $1730.45 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.07% to 110.53, while EUR/JPY fell 0.04% to 130.18.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.36% at 92.903.