Investing.com – Japan equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Trading, Machinery and Power sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 gained 0.97%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Olympus Corp. (T:7733), which rose 9.88% or 360.0 points to trade at 4005.0 at the close. Hitachi Ltd (T:6501) added 8.64% or 266.0 points to end at 3346.0 and Fast Retailing Co., Ltd. (T:9983) was up 6.19% or 3220.0 points to 55280.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Aeon Co., Ltd. (T:8267), which lost 4.39% or 96.5 points to trade at 2100.5 in late trade. Nippon Express Co., Ltd. (T:9062) declined 3.58% or 230.0 points to end at 6190.0 and Yamaha Corp. (T:7951) shed 3.49% or 165.0 points to 4560.0.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1972 to 1506 and 222 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 4.89% to 24.44.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for February delivery was up 0.89% or 0.47 to $53.06 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in March rose 0.66% or 0.41 to hit $62.09 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.50% or 6.40 to trade at $1293.80 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.15% to 108.25, while EUR/JPY rose 0.09% to 124.77.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.19% at 94.940.