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 rose 1.95%.

The best performers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Nidec Corp (TYO: 6594 ), which rose 12.48% or 278.50 points to trade at 2,510.50 at the close. Meanwhile, JTEKT Corp. (TYO: 6473 ) added 8.86% or 91.50 points to end at 1,124.00 and Fujikura Ltd. (TYO: 5803 ) was up 8.79% or 426.00 points to 5,272.00 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Hino Motors, Ltd. (TYO: 7205 ), which fell 5.00% or 23.30 points to trade at 443.10 at the close. M3 Inc (TYO: 2413 ) declined 2.34% or 41.50 points to end at 1,734.50 and Toho Co., Ltd. (TYO: 9602 ) was down 2.08% or 167.00 points to 7,844.00.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 2338 to 1288 and 246 ended unchanged.

The Nikkei Volatility , which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 1.10% to 27.84.

Crude oil for June delivery was up 0.70% or 0.44 to $63.23 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in June rose 0.57% or 0.38 to hit $66.93 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 0.91% or 30.59 to trade at $3,318.01 a troy ounce.

USD/JPY was up 0.70% to 143.66, while EUR/JPY rose 0.41% to 163.09.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.27% at 99.43.