Investing.com – Japan equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Precision Instruments, Shipbuilding and Banking sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 gained 0.41% to hit a new 1-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd. (TYO:9107), which rose 4.07% or 199.00 points to trade at 5,085.00 at the close. Kobe Steel, Ltd. (TYO:5406) added 3.88% or 71.00 points to end at 1,901.00 and Inpex Corp. (TYO:1605) was up 3.24% or 66.00 points to 2,101.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Eisai Co., Ltd. (TYO:4523), which lost 1.48% or 137.00 points to trade at 9,121.00 in late trade. TDK Corp (TYO:6762) declined 1.35% or 72.00 points to end at 5,242.00 and Mitsubishi Motors Corp. (TYO:7211) shed 1.34% or 7.70 points to 565.00.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 2564 to 1028 and 266 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 1.44% to 17.74 a new 3-month low.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for October delivery was up 0.55% or 0.46 to $84.09 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in November rose 0.51% or 0.44 to hit $87.27 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.17% or 3.35 to trade at $1,969.25 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.07% to 145.43, while EUR/JPY rose 0.06% to 157.90.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.10% at 103.48.