Investing.com – Japan equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Shipbuilding, Real Estate and Rubber sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 added 1.29%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Chiyoda Corp. (T:6366), which rose 17.41% or 51.0 points to trade at 344.0 at the close. Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding (T:7003) added 5.81% or 66.0 points to end at 1202.0 and JGC Corp. (T:1963) was up 5.60% or 89.0 points to 1678.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Minebea Mitsumi Inc (T:6479), which lost 2.60% or 44.0 points to trade at 1646.0 in late trade. Daikin Industries, Ltd. (T:6367) declined 2.36% or 295.0 points to end at 12185.0 and Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd. (T:4063) shed 1.58% or 137.0 points to 8550.0.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 2453 to 1078 and 176 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 1.67% to 21.74 a new 1-month low.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for February delivery was up 0.88% or 0.46 to $52.53 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in March rose 0.67% or 0.41 to hit $61.59 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract fell 0.32% or 4.15 to trade at $1288.15 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.21% to 109.45, while EUR/JPY rose 0.25% to 124.75.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.03% at 95.740.