Investing.com – Japan equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Precision Instruments, Insurance and Mining sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 added 1.92% to hit a new all time high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd. (TYO:9107), which rose 8.32% or 595.00 points to trade at 7,748.00 at the close. Japan Steel Works Ltd (TYO:5631) added 6.18% or 168.50 points to end at 2,896.00 and Renesas Electronics Corp (TYO:6723) was up 5.48% or 134.50 points to 2,589.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Sumitomo Dainippon Pharma Co Ltd (TYO:4506), which lost 2.69% or 10.00 points to trade at 362.00 in late trade. LY Corp (TYO:4689) declined 2.64% or 10.90 points to end at 402.00 and Sapporo Holdings Ltd. (TYO:2501) shed 2.59% or 171.00 points to 6,421.00.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 2092 to 1565 and 228 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 0.05% to 19.23.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for April delivery was up 0.38% or 0.30 to $78.56 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in May rose 0.45% or 0.37 to hit $82.28 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 0.06% or 1.15 to trade at $2,055.85 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.29% to 150.41, while EUR/JPY rose 0.35% to 162.62.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.02% at 104.08.