Investing.com – Japan equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Rubber, Mining and Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 added 1.19% to hit a new 6-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Yaskawa Electric Corp. (T:6506), which rose 7.63% or 235.0 points to trade at 3315.0 at the close. SUMCO Corp. (T:3436) added 6.38% or 98.0 points to end at 1634.0 and Okuma Corp. (T:6103) was up 6.23% or 350.0 points to 5970.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Takashimaya Co., Ltd. (T:8233), which lost 3.89% or 73.0 points to trade at 1804.0 in late trade. Otsuka Holdings Ltd (T:4578) declined 2.92% or 159.0 points to end at 5289.0 and Tokyo Dome Corp. (T:9681) shed 2.63% or 27.0 points to 1001.0.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 2493 to 910 and 219 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 0.80% to 16.44.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for October delivery was up 0.55% or 0.38 to $68.97 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in November rose 0.33% or 0.26 to hit $78.44 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.32% or 3.90 to trade at $1212.10 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.09% to 111.82, while EUR/JPY rose 0.06% to 130.93.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.10% at 94.44.