Investing.com – Japan equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Mining, Steel and Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 added 0.09%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Sumitomo Metal Mining Co., Ltd. (T:5713), which rose 5.00% or 233.0 points to trade at 4891.0 at the close. Toho Zinc Co., Ltd. (T:5707) added 3.32% or 200.0 points to end at 6220.0 and Nippon Yusen K.K (T:9101) was up 3.27% or 88.5 points to 2794.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Eisai Co., Ltd. (T:4523), which lost 14.85% or 1057.0 points to trade at 6061.0 in late trade. Kobe Steel, Ltd. (T:5406) declined 2.54% or 27.0 points to end at 1035.5 and Dainippon Screen Mfg. Co., Ltd. (T:7735) shed 2.52% or 240.0 points to 9275.0.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1765 to 1575 and 244 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 3.69% to 13.83 a new 1-month low.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for February delivery was down 0.29% or 0.17 to $58.19 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in February fell 0.09% or 0.06 to hit $64.84 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.02% or 0.20 to trade at $1270.80 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.06% to 113.41, while EUR/JPY fell 0.12% to 134.44.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.13% at 92.96.