Investing.com – Japan stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Shipbuilding, Manufacturing and Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 gained 3.03%.
The best performers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Furukawa Co., Ltd. (TOKYO:5715), which rose 11.88% or 31.0 points to trade at 292.0 at the close. Meanwhile, Sumitomo Metal Mining Co., Ltd. (TOKYO:5713) added 9.27% or 131.5 points to end at 1549.5 and Sharp Corp. (TOKYO:6753) was up 8.93% or 15.0 points to 183.0 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were ANA Holdings Inc. (TOKYO:9202), which fell 1.14% or 4.1 points to trade at 354.9 at the close. NTT Docomo, Inc. (TOKYO:9437) declined 0.65% or 16.5 points to end at 2512.5 and Sumitomo Osaka Cement Co., Ltd. (TOKYO:5232) was down 0.21% or 1.0 points to 476.0.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 1813 to 63.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 17.77% to 29.67.
Crude oil for October delivery was up 0.67% or 0.28 to $42.84 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in October rose 0.27% or 0.13 to hit $47.69 a barrel, while the December Gold contract rose 0.65% or 7.30 to trade at $1129.90 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.02% to 121.06, while EUR/JPY rose 0.19% to 136.39.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.08% at 95.67.