Investing.com – Japan equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Fishery, Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic and Power sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 added 0.00%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd. (TYO:9107), which rose 2.58% or 70.00 points to trade at 2,787.00 at the close. Fast Retailing Co., Ltd. (TYO:9983) added 1.94% or 1,530.00 points to end at 80,530.00 and Nippon Sheet Glass Co., Ltd. (TYO:5202) was up 1.80% or 10.00 points to 567.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included JGC Corp. (TYO:1963), which lost 1.99% or 34.00 points to trade at 1,678.00 in late trade. Ajinomoto Co., Inc. (TYO:2802) declined 1.75% or 72.00 points to end at 4,031.00 and Kikkoman Corp. (TYO:2801) shed 1.70% or 120.00 points to 6,940.00.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 2153 to 1404 and 258 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 0.36% to 19.51.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for February delivery was up 0.57% or 0.45 to $78.85 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in March rose 0.65% or 0.54 to hit $84.00 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract fell 0.03% or 0.55 to trade at $1,825.45 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.36% to 132.52, while EUR/JPY fell 0.53% to 141.04.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.24% at 103.83.