Investing.com – Japan equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic, Mining and Banking sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 gained 0.77%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Yaskawa Electric Corp. (T:6506), which rose 4.15% or 135.0 points to trade at 3385.0 at the close. Chiyoda Corp. (T:6366) added 3.57% or 10.0 points to end at 290.0 and Showa Shell Sekiyu K.K. (T:5002) was up 2.98% or 49.0 points to 1696.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Unitika, Ltd. (T:3103), which lost 2.09% or 9.0 points to trade at 422.0 in late trade. T&D Holdings, Inc. (T:8795) declined 2.01% or 24.0 points to end at 1173.0 and Toho Zinc Co., Ltd. (T:5707) shed 1.76% or 60.0 points to 3350.0.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 2211 to 1297 and 216 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 4.17% to 16.99.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for April delivery was up 0.43% or 0.25 to $58.86 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in May rose 0.51% or 0.34 to hit $67.57 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 0.61% or 7.95 to trade at $1303.05 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.01% to 111.72, while EUR/JPY rose 0.22% to 126.52.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.17% at 96.607.