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Japan shares higher at close of trade; Nikkei 225 up 0.09%

Published 22/03/2019, 07:35 pm
Updated 22/03/2019, 07:35 pm
© Reuters.  Japan shares higher at close of trade; Nikkei 225 up 0.09%

© Reuters. Japan shares higher at close of trade; Nikkei 225 up 0.09%

Investing.com – Japan equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic, Machinery and Electrical/Machinery sectors propelled shares higher.

At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 gained 0.09%.

The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Advantest Corp. (T:6857), which rose 6.18% or 150.0 points to trade at 2578.0 at the close. Tokyo Electron Ltd. (T:8035) added 5.19% or 815.0 points to end at 16515.0 and The Japan Steel Works, Ltd. (T:5631) was up 4.12% or 83.0 points to 2100.0 in late trade.

Biggest losers included Eisai Co., Ltd. (T:4523), which lost 16.55% or 1500.0 points to trade at 7565.0 in late trade. Sony Corp (T:6758) declined 4.89% or 242.0 points to end at 4709.0 and Otsuka Holdings Ltd (T:4578) shed 3.85% or 178.0 points to 4445.0.

Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 2166 to 1347 and 228 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.

The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 0.13% to 15.76.

In commodities trading, Crude oil for May delivery was down 0.35% or 0.21 to $59.77 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in May fell 0.50% or 0.34 to hit $67.52 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 0.26% or 3.45 to trade at $1310.75 a troy ounce.

USD/JPY was down 0.09% to 110.69, while EUR/JPY fell 0.54% to 125.32.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.14% at 96.118.

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