Investing.com – Japan equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Shipbuilding, Steel and Finance & Investment sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 rose 0.04% to hit a new 5-year high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were SUMCO Corp. (T:3436), which rose 3.71% or 74.0 points to trade at 2069.0 at the close. Dainippon Screen Mfg. Co., Ltd. (T:7735) added 3.00% or 245.0 points to end at 8420.0 and Nippon Suisan Kaisha, Ltd. (T:1332) was up 2.73% or 18.0 points to 677.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Mitsui Mining and Smelting Co. (T:5706), which lost 2.38% or 135.0 points to trade at 5530.0 in late trade. Amada Co., Ltd. (T:6113) declined 2.27% or 30.0 points to end at 1290.0 and Alps Electric Co., Ltd. (T:6770) shed 2.19% or 70.0 points to 3120.0.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1888 to 1395 and 215 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 0.93% to 15.18.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for November delivery was down 0.12% or 0.06 to $51.23 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in December unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 to hit $57.23 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.57% or 7.29 to trade at $1282.71 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.79% to 113.43, while EUR/JPY rose 0.38% to 133.89.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.44% at 93.41.