Global Stock Exchanges - Japan stocks higher at close of trade; Nikkei 225 up 0.99pc.

Japan stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Paper and Pulp, Railway and Bus and Real Estate sectors led shares higher. At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 gained 0.99 percent. Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 2515 to 1060 and 204 ended unchanged. The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0.00 percent to 14.88.

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