Investing.com – Japan equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Power, Transportation Equipment and Precision Instruments sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 added 0.53%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Nippon Yusen K.K (TYO:9101), which rose 3.70% or 360.00 points to trade at 10,100.00 at the close. SKY Perfect JSAT Holdings Inc. (TYO:9412) added 2.97% or 16.00 points to end at 555.00 and Shionogi & Co., Ltd. (TYO:4507) was up 2.78% or 190.00 points to 7,030.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included East Japan Railway Co. (TYO:9020), which lost 1.18% or 84.00 points to trade at 7,011.00 in late trade. JTEKT Corp. (TYO:6473) declined 1.04% or 11.00 points to end at 1,047.00 and ANA Holdings Inc (TYO:9202) shed 0.98% or 26.00 points to 2,635.00.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 2297 to 1172 and 311 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 4.02% to 20.06.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for October delivery was up 0.74% or 0.62 to $84.16 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in November rose 0.86% or 0.77 to hit $89.92 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 1.01% or 17.30 to trade at $1,737.50 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 1.22% to 142.34, while EUR/JPY fell 0.21% to 143.73.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 1.05% at 108.56.