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 1.95%.
The best performers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Advantest Corp. (T:6857), which unchanged 0% or 0 points to trade at 8930.0 at the close. Meanwhile, Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd. (T:9107) unchanged 0% or 0 points to end at 7090.0 and Dainippon Screen Mfg. Co., Ltd. (T:7735) was unchanged 0% or 0 points to 10910.0 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Fukuoka Financial Group, Inc. (T:8354), which unchanged 0% or 0 points to trade at 2395.0 at the close. Inpex Corp. (T:1605) unchanged 0% or 0 points to end at 1146.0 and Concordia Financial Group Ltd (T:7186) was 0% or 0 points to 483.0.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 2522 to 1118 and 170 ended unchanged.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0% to 29.09.
Crude oil for April delivery was up 3.68% or 3.32 to $93.53 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in May rose 2.10% or 1.95 to hit $94.94 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 0.63% or 12.05 to trade at $1911.85 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was unchanged 0% to 114.74, while EUR/JPY unchanged 0% to 129.79.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.10% at 96.112.