Japan shares higher at close of trade; Nikkei 225 up 0.32%

Investing.com – Japan equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Paper & Pulp , Railway & Bus and Real Estate sectors propelled shares higher.

At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 rose 0.32%.

The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Yahoo Japan Corp. (T: 4689 ), which rose 3.95% or 15.0 points to trade at 395.0 at the close. Taiheiyo Cement Corp. (T: 5233 ) added 2.89% or 90.0 points to end at 3205.0 and Yokogawa Electric Corp. (T: 6841 ) was up 2.17% or 41.0 points to 1931.0 in late trade.

Biggest losers included Rakuten Inc (T: 4755 ), which lost 2.38% or 23.0 points to trade at 943.0 in late trade. Tokyu Fudosan (T: 3289 ) declined 2.37% or 17.0 points to end at 700.0 and Nippon Light Metal Holdings Co. (T: 5703 ) shed 2.20% or 5.0 points to 222.0.

Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1965 to 1519 and 276 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.

The Nikkei Volatility , which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0.00% to 15.57.

In commodities trading, Crude oil for January delivery was down 0.53% or 0.31 to $58.27 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in January fell 0.52% or 0.33 to hit $63.64 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.30% or 4.45 to trade at $1468.05 a troy ounce.

USD/JPY was down 0.04% to 108.58, while EUR/JPY rose 0.06% to 120.19.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.08% at 97.825.