Investing.com – Japan equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Power, Food and Pharmaceutical Industry sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 added 0.17%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Tokyo Electron Ltd. (TYO:8035), which rose 2.22% or 335.00 points to trade at 15,400.00 at the close. Okuma Corp. (TYO:6103) added 2.15% or 120.00 points to end at 5,700.00 and Ricoh Co., Ltd. (TYO:7752) was up 2.03% or 20.00 points to 1,007.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Seven & i Holdings Co., Ltd. (TYO:3382), which lost 4.02% or 236.00 points to trade at 5,636.00 in late trade. Yamato Holdings Co., Ltd. (TYO:9064) declined 2.06% or 47.00 points to end at 2,236.00 and Tokyo Electric Power Co., Inc. (TYO:9501) shed 2.02% or 10.00 points to 486.00.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1950 to 1560 and 300 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 0.57% to 17.72.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for May delivery was down 0.17% or 0.14 to $80.47 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in June fell 0.06% or 0.05 to hit $84.94 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 0.57% or 11.70 to trade at $2,023.90 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.07% to 131.85, while EUR/JPY rose 0.05% to 143.97.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.06% at 101.61.