Investing.com – Japan equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Chemical, Fishery and Retail sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 added 0.93%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. (TYO:9104), which rose 7.07% or 277.00 points to trade at 4,196.00 at the close. Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd. (TYO:9107) added 6.93% or 333.00 points to end at 5,138.00 and Yaskawa Electric Corp. (TYO:6506) was up 6.84% or 364.00 points to 5,689.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Sumitomo Dainippon Pharma Co Ltd (TYO:4506), which lost 9.03% or 42.00 points to trade at 423.00 in late trade. Nisshin Seifun Group Inc. (TYO:2002) declined 4.92% or 99.50 points to end at 1,922.00 and Maruha Nichiro Corp (TYO:1333) shed 4.31% or 125.00 points to 2,774.50.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 2204 to 1445 and 237 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 4.48% to 17.28.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for January delivery was up 0.06% or 0.04 to $71.62 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in February rose 0.10% or 0.08 to hit $76.69 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.22% or 4.45 to trade at $2,049.35 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.10% to 142.01, while EUR/JPY fell 0.01% to 155.97.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.06% at 101.64.