Investing.com – Japan equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Rubber, Railway & Bus and Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 gained 1.11% to hit a new 1-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Tokyo Gas Co., Ltd. (TYO:9531), which rose 4.62% or 156.00 points to trade at 3,534.00 at the close. Panasonic Corp (TYO:6752) added 4.36% or 74.50 points to end at 1,782.00 and Sumitomo Dainippon Pharma Co Ltd (TYO:4506) was up 4.18% or 22.40 points to 557.70 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Nippon Sheet Glass Co., Ltd. (TYO:5202), which lost 3.33% or 28.00 points to trade at 812.00 in late trade. Resona Holdings, Inc. (TYO:8308) declined 2.23% or 19.70 points to end at 863.10 and Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc (TYO:8306) shed 2.12% or 28.00 points to 1,291.50.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 2122 to 1549 and 195 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 1.54% to 16.48.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for October delivery was up 0.59% or 0.53 to $90.69 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in November rose 0.52% or 0.49 to hit $94.19 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.28% or 5.45 to trade at $1,938.25 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.19% to 147.75, while EUR/JPY rose 0.32% to 157.47.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.11% at 104.93.