Investing.com – Japan equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Banking, Fishery and Food sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 rose 0.50%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Taiyo Yuden Co., Ltd. (T:6976), which rose 14.07% or 362.0 points to trade at 2935.0 at the close. TDK Corp (T:6762) added 5.70% or 620.0 points to end at 11490.0 and Daiichi Sankyo Co., Ltd. (T:4568) was up 3.91% or 151.0 points to 4017.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Tokuyama Corp. (T:4043), which lost 4.87% or 190.0 points to trade at 3715.0 in late trade. Tokyo Electron Ltd. (T:8035) declined 4.86% or 975.0 points to end at 19080.0 and Dainippon Screen Mfg. Co., Ltd. (T:7735) shed 4.33% or 390.0 points to 8615.0.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1991 to 1403 and 183 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 7.84% to 15.69.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for July delivery was down 0.18% or 0.12 to $66.77 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in August fell 0.58% or 0.44 to hit $75.50 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.35% or 4.60 to trade at $1303.70 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.15% to 110.46, while EUR/JPY rose 0.05% to 128.05.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.13% at 94.81.