Investing.com – Japan equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Retail, Marine Transport and Fishery sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 rose 0.68%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Sumitomo Dainippon Pharma Co Ltd (T:4506), which rose 6.28% or 111.0 points to trade at 1878.0 at the close. Tokuyama Corp. (T:4043) added 5.38% or 15.0 points to end at 294.0 and Konami Corp. (T:9766) was up 4.88% or 190.0 points to 4085.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Furukawa Co., Ltd. (T:5715), which lost 4.20% or 6.0 points to trade at 137.0 in late trade. Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. (T:9104) declined 2.31% or 5.0 points to end at 211.0 and Showa Denko K.K. (T:4004) shed 2.19% or 21.0 points to 940.0.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1433 to 481 and 128 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 6.91% to 27.62.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for August delivery was up 0.37% or 0.18 to $48.51 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in September rose 0.52% or 0.26 to hit $49.97 a barrel, while the August Gold contract rose 1.04% or 13.75 to trade at $1334.35 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.44% to 102.77, while EUR/JPY fell 0.52% to 113.97.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.08% at 96.03.