Investing.com – Japan equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Precision Instruments, Insurance and Railway & Bus sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 added 0.16%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Mercari Inc (TYO:4385), which rose 5.31% or 130.50 points to trade at 2,589.50 at the close. M3 Inc (TYO:2413) added 4.98% or 80.00 points to end at 1,685.00 and Japan Steel Works Ltd (TYO:5631) was up 4.12% or 222.00 points to 5,605.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd. (TYO:9107), which lost 9.74% or 223.00 points to trade at 2,067.00 in late trade. Nippon Yusen K.K (TYO:9101) declined 9.41% or 516.00 points to end at 4,969.00 and Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. (TYO:9104) shed 6.39% or 329.00 points to 4,820.00.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 2194 to 1369 and 287 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 4.13% to 26.70.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for November delivery was down 0.05% or 0.04 to $73.67 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in December fell 0.04% or 0.03 to hit $77.59 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.20% or 5.25 to trade at $2,684.45 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.53% to 146.14, while EUR/JPY fell 0.52% to 161.25.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.15% at 101.60.