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 0.47%.
The best performers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were IHI Corp. (T:7013), which rose 5.14% or 136.0 points to trade at 2782.0 at the close. Meanwhile, Dainippon Screen Mfg. Co., Ltd. (T:7735) added 4.05% or 310.0 points to end at 7960.0 and Seven&i Holdings Co., Ltd. (T:3382) was up 3.70% or 149.0 points to 4171.0 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Fast Retailing Co., Ltd. (T:9983), which fell 2.78% or 1770.0 points to trade at 61990.0 at the close. Chubu Electric Power Co., Inc. (T:9502) declined 2.35% or 35.5 points to end at 1473.0 and Isuzu Motors, Ltd. (T:7202) was down 1.92% or 24.0 points to 1229.0.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 1801 to 1758 and 228 ended unchanged.
Shares in Chubu Electric Power Co., Inc. (T:9502) fell to 52-week lows; losing 2.35% or 35.5 to 1473.0.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0.00% to 14.77.
Crude oil for February delivery was down 0.07% or 0.04 to $59.52 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in March fell 0.02% or 0.01 to hit $65.36 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract fell 0.15% or 2.35 to trade at $1551.95 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.06% to 109.58, while EUR/JPY rose 0.07% to 121.69.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.01% at 97.150.
