Investing.com – Japan equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Banking, Insurance and Shipbuilding sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 added 1.20%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Tobu Railway Co., Ltd. (TYO:9001), which rose 4.44% or 135.00 points to trade at 3,175.00 at the close. Daiichi Sankyo Co., Ltd. (TYO:4568) added 3.60% or 159.00 points to end at 4,579.00 and Sony Corp (TYO:6758) was up 3.52% or 395.00 points to 11,630.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Taisei Corp. (TYO:1801), which lost 8.13% or 360.00 points to trade at 4,070.00 in late trade. Nippon Sheet Glass Co., Ltd. (TYO:5202) declined 2.41% or 15.00 points to end at 608.00 and Kajima Corp. (TYO:1812) shed 2.06% or 33.00 points to 1,571.00.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 2646 to 957 and 222 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 9.76% to 19.42.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for April delivery was up 0.63% or 0.43 to $68.78 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in May rose 0.62% or 0.46 to hit $75.16 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 0.56% or 10.70 to trade at $1,933.70 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.48% to 133.07, while EUR/JPY rose 0.05% to 141.88.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.43% at 103.64.