Investing.com – Japan equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Retail, Mining and Manufacturing sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 added 0.55%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd. (T:5801), which rose 5.57% or 265.0 points to trade at 5020.0 at the close. SUMCO Corp. (T:3436) added 4.27% or 113.0 points to end at 2758.0 and Ebara Corp. (T:6361) was up 3.90% or 150.0 points to 3995.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Hino Motors, Ltd. (T:7205), which lost 3.66% or 52.0 points to trade at 1368.0 in late trade. Shiseido Co., Ltd. (T:4911) declined 2.67% or 184.0 points to end at 6703.0 and Asahi Group Holdings, Ltd. (T:2502) shed 1.76% or 99.0 points to 5541.0.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 2139 to 1195 and 207 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 5.12% to 19.82 a new 1-month low.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for May delivery was up 0.67% or 0.45 to $67.52 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in June rose 0.64% or 0.46 to hit $72.48 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 0.18% or 2.40 to trade at $1344.30 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.26% to 107.59, while EUR/JPY rose 0.31% to 132.71.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.09% at 89.41.