Investing.com – Japan stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Real Estate , Banking and Textile sectors led shares higher.

At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 gained 0.42%.

The best performers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Japan Steel Works Ltd (TYO: 5631 ), which rose 10.05% or 590.00 points to trade at 6,463.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (TYO: 7011 ) added 5.39% or 164.00 points to end at 3,208.00 and Nintendo Co Ltd (TYO: 7974 ) was up 5.36% or 600.00 points to 11,800.00 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Mercari Inc (TYO: 4385 ), which fell 3.25% or 78.00 points to trade at 2,322.00 at the close. Hino Motors, Ltd. (TYO: 7205 ) declined 3.00% or 13.90 points to end at 448.80 and DeNA Co Ltd (TYO: 2432 ) was down 2.86% or 81.50 points to 2,768.50.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 2166 to 1443 and 250 ended unchanged.

Shares in Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (TYO: 7011 ) rose to all time highs; rising 5.39% or 164.00 to 3,208.00.

The Nikkei Volatility , which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 7.95% to 25.40.

Crude oil for July delivery was down 0.74% or 0.45 to $60.75 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in July fell 0.71% or 0.46 to hit $63.98 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 1.02% or 33.75 to trade at $3,328.75 a troy ounce.

USD/JPY was down 0.41% to 143.44, while EUR/JPY fell 0.08% to 162.33.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.34% at 99.51.