Investing.com – Japan equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Steel, Mining and Food sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 rose 1.29%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Advantest Corp. (TYO:6857), which rose 8.22% or 830.00 points to trade at 10,930.00 at the close. Tokyo Electron Ltd. (TYO:8035) added 7.13% or 3,180.00 points to end at 47,770.00 and Okuma Corp. (TYO:6103) was up 5.66% or 290.00 points to 5,410.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Sumitomo Metal Mining Co., Ltd. (TYO:5713), which lost 2.46% or 129.00 points to trade at 5,125.00 in late trade. Daiichi Sankyo Co., Ltd. (TYO:4568) declined 2.13% or 94.00 points to end at 4,323.00 and Takeda Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. (TYO:4502) shed 2.10% or 90.00 points to 4,203.00.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 2440 to 1157 and 248 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 7.23% to 17.50.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for April delivery was up 1.06% or 0.80 to $76.19 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in April rose 1.05% or 0.86 to hit $83.07 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 0.22% or 4.10 to trade at $1,830.90 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.00% to 134.70, while EUR/JPY fell 0.02% to 142.68.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.03% at 104.57.