Investing.com – Japan equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Paper & Pulp, Manufacturing and Marine Transport sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 gained 0.06%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Suzuki Motor Corp. (T:7269), which rose 8.55% or 552.0 points to trade at 7005.0 at the close. Nippon Suisan Kaisha, Ltd. (T:1332) added 4.60% or 25.0 points to end at 568.0 and Nichirei Corp. (T:2871) was up 3.68% or 94.0 points to 2650.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Kubota Corp. (T:6326), which lost 8.29% or 152.0 points to trade at 1682.5 in late trade. Toyo Seikan Group Holdings, Ltd. (T:5901) declined 5.04% or 107.0 points to end at 2016.0 and Asahi Group Holdings, Ltd. (T:2502) shed 5.00% or 268.0 points to 5088.0.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 2546 to 851 and 198 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 3.26% to 15.73.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for September delivery was down 0.91% or 0.63 to $68.33 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in October fell 0.31% or 0.23 to hit $73.22 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.41% or 5.00 to trade at $1225.10 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.39% to 111.22, while EUR/JPY fell 0.33% to 128.92.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.14% at 94.87.