Investing.com – Japan equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Rubber, Electrical/Machinery and Food sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 rose 0.10%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Nippon Express Co., Ltd. (TYO:9147), which rose 6.52% or 460.00 points to trade at 7,520.00 at the close. Sumitomo Metal Mining Co., Ltd. (TYO:5713) added 5.20% or 200.00 points to end at 4,043.00 and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (TYO:7011) was up 5.05% or 241.00 points to 5,014.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Otsuka Holdings Ltd (TYO:4578), which lost 2.42% or 121.00 points to trade at 4,879.00 in late trade. Subaru Corp (TYO:7270) declined 2.23% or 51.50 points to end at 2,253.00 and Daiichi Sankyo Co., Ltd. (TYO:4568) shed 2.22% or 78.00 points to 3,443.00.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1809 to 1688 and 276 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 6.42% to 22.43.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for August delivery was down 0.19% or 0.20 to $102.53 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in September rose 0.18% or 0.19 to hit $104.84 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.14% or 2.40 to trade at $1,737.30 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.11% to 135.82, while EUR/JPY fell 0.62% to 137.28.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.33% at 107.32.