Japanese stocks higher.

Japan stocks were higher last 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 rose 0.54 percent to hit a new 1-month high. Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 1798 to 1634 and 272 ended unchanged. The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0.00 percent to 16.48 a new 1-month low. Crude oil for...