Investing.com – Japan equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Mining, Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic and Glass sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 rose 0.40%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Konami Corp. (TYO:9766), which rose 4.26% or 322.00 points to trade at 7,874.00 at the close. Resonac Holdings Corp (TYO:4004) added 4.22% or 120.50 points to end at 2,978.00 and Nomura Holdings Inc (TYO:8604) was up 4.16% or 26.70 points to 669.20 in late trade.
Biggest losers included LY Corp (TYO:4689), which lost 2.38% or 11.80 points to trade at 483.30 in late trade. Shiseido Co., Ltd. (TYO:4911) declined 2.18% or 94.00 points to end at 4,212.00 and Yaskawa Electric Corp. (TYO:6506) shed 1.67% or 96.00 points to 5,650.00.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1847 to 1840 and 203 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 7.04% to 18.69.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for February delivery was up 0.82% or 0.59 to $72.78 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in March rose 0.62% or 0.48 to hit $78.07 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract fell 0.04% or 0.90 to trade at $2,049.10 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.39% to 145.18, while EUR/JPY rose 0.22% to 158.66.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.19% at 102.33.