Investing.com – Japan equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Mining, Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic and Power sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 rose 0.37%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Ltd. (TYO:7012), which rose 6.66% or 196.00 points to trade at 3,140.00 at the close. Taiyo Yuden Co., Ltd. (TYO:6976) added 6.52% or 270.00 points to end at 4,410.00 and Dainippon Screen Mfg. Co., Ltd. (TYO:7735) was up 5.79% or 790.00 points to 14,430.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Isuzu Motors, Ltd. (TYO:7202), which lost 3.50% or 59.00 points to trade at 1,627.00 in late trade. Inpex Corp. (TYO:1605) declined 3.20% or 50.00 points to end at 1,511.00 and Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding (TYO:7003) shed 3.16% or 16.00 points to 490.00.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 2587 to 1056 and 205 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 3.60% to 19.00.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for July delivery was up 0.29% or 0.21 to $72.04 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in July rose 0.09% or 0.07 to hit $76.33 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 0.46% or 8.85 to trade at $1,952.55 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.26% to 139.70, while EUR/JPY fell 0.16% to 149.98.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.16% at 104.01.