Investing.com – Japan equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic, Textile and Mining sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 gained 0.13%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Konica Minolta, Inc. (T:4902), which rose 4.16% or 43.0 points to trade at 1076.0 at the close. KDDI Corp. (T:9433) added 2.59% or 78.0 points to end at 3088.0 and Showa Shell Sekiyu K.K. (T:5002) was up 2.34% or 33.0 points to 1443.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Mitsubishi Materials Corp. (T:5711), which lost 8.30% or 340.0 points to trade at 3757.5 in late trade. DeNA Co Ltd (T:2432) declined 3.39% or 93.0 points to end at 2652.0 and Trend Micro Inc. (T:4704) shed 2.80% or 180.0 points to 6250.0.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1977 to 1301 and 230 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 0.66% to 18.14.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for January delivery was up 0.98% or 0.57 to $58.59 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in January rose 0.09% or 0.06 to hit $63.61 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.09% or 1.12 to trade at $1291.08 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.22% to 111.46, while EUR/JPY rose 0.15% to 132.00.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.11% at 93.14.