Investing.com – Japan equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Precision Instruments, Transportation Equipment and Electrical/Machinery sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 added 0.84%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Keyence (TYO:6861), which rose 7.79% or 5,030.00 points to trade at 69,670.00 at the close. T&D Holdings, Inc. (TYO:8795) added 5.35% or 129.50 points to end at 2,545.00 and CyberAgent Inc (TYO:4751) was up 5.38% or 52.50 points to 1,026.50 in late trade.
Biggest losers included JTEKT Corp. (TYO:6473), which lost 9.16% or 127.00 points to trade at 1,258.50 in late trade. Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd. (TYO:4063) declined 6.37% or 402.00 points to end at 5,901.00 and NTN Corp. (TYO:6472) shed 2.88% or 9.10 points to 305.70.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 2103 to 1529 and 226 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 3.43% to 20.01.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for June delivery was up 0.50% or 0.42 to $83.99 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in June rose 0.54% or 0.48 to hit $89.49 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 0.36% or 8.50 to trade at $2,351.00 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.22% to 156.00, while EUR/JPY rose 0.22% to 167.38.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.01% at 105.46.