Investing.com – Japan equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Railway & Bus, Mining and Construction sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 added 0.56%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Fuji Electric Co., Ltd. (T:6504), which rose 5.98% or 47.0 points to trade at 833.0 at the close. Yahoo Japan Corp. (T:4689) added 3.15% or 12.0 points to end at 393.5 and Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd. (T:4063) was up 3.10% or 340.0 points to 11320.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Nomura Holdings Inc (T:8604), which lost 5.79% or 32.4 points to trade at 527.0 in late trade. Nissan Chemical Industries, Ltd. (T:4021) declined 2.34% or 120.0 points to end at 5010.0 and Mitsubishi Motors Corp. (T:7211) shed 2.22% or 19.0 points to 837.5.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 2057 to 1308 and 215 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 1.11% to 16.39.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for September delivery was down 0.33% or 0.23 to $69.38 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in September fell 0.35% or 0.26 to hit $74.28 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.51% or 6.30 to trade at $1219.40 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.07% to 111.15, while EUR/JPY fell 0.19% to 129.25.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.08% at 94.65.