Investing.com – Japan equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Shipbuilding, Precision Instruments and Paper & Pulp sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 gained 2.19% to hit a new all time high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding (TYO:7003), which rose 26.22% or 300.00 points to trade at 1,444.00 at the close. Dainippon Screen Mfg. Co., Ltd. (TYO:7735) added 10.16% or 1,835.00 points to end at 19,895.00 and Advantest Corp. (TYO:6857) was up 7.49% or 494.00 points to 7,088.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Chugai Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. (TYO:4519), which lost 4.11% or 242.00 points to trade at 5,648.00 in late trade. Sumitomo Dainippon Pharma Co Ltd (TYO:4506) declined 2.51% or 9.00 points to end at 349.00 and CyberAgent Inc (TYO:4751) shed 2.33% or 24.50 points to 1,029.00.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 0 to 0 on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 4.82% to 19.56.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for April delivery was down 0.64% or 0.50 to $78.11 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in April fell 0.59% or 0.49 to hit $83.18 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 0.11% or 2.30 to trade at $2,028.40 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.08% to 150.63, while EUR/JPY rose 0.09% to 163.07.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.02% at 103.86.