Investing.com – Japan equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Rubber, Automobiles & Parts and Precision Instruments sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 rose 1.42% to hit a new 5-year high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Advantest Corp. (TYO:6857), which rose 8.20% or 439.00 points to trade at 5,790.00 at the close. Tokyo Electron Ltd. (TYO:8035) added 6.03% or 1,605.00 points to end at 28,230.00 and Dainippon Screen Mfg. Co., Ltd. (TYO:7735) was up 5.87% or 755.00 points to 13,625.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Sapporo Holdings Ltd. (TYO:2501), which lost 6.06% or 438.00 points to trade at 6,786.00 in late trade. Tokyo Electric Power Co., Inc. (TYO:9501) declined 2.50% or 20.00 points to end at 780.60 and Tokyo Gas Co., Ltd. (TYO:9531) shed 2.43% or 83.00 points to 3,327.00.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 2032 to 1589 and 263 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 2.55% to 20.66.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for March delivery was unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 to $73.95 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in March fell 0.15% or 0.12 to hit $78.98 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.17% or 3.45 to trade at $2,025.05 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.42% to 148.76, while EUR/JPY rose 0.42% to 161.82.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.05% at 103.26.