Investing.com – Japan equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Pharmaceutical Industry, Communication and Manufacturing sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 rose 0.27%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Tokyo Dome Corp. (T:9681), which rose 6.09% or 63.0 points to trade at 1098.0 at the close. DeNA Co Ltd (T:2432) added 5.18% or 138.0 points to end at 2801.0 and SUMCO Corp. (T:3436) was up 4.90% or 141.0 points to 3020.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Sumitomo Realty & Development Co. (T:8830), which lost 2.73% or 103.0 points to trade at 3674.0 in late trade. Dentsu Inc. (T:4324) declined 2.46% or 120.0 points to end at 4755.0 and Kobe Steel, Ltd. (T:5406) shed 2.11% or 22.0 points to 1019.5.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1862 to 1428 and 191 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 2.68% to 19.21.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for December delivery was up 0.42% or 0.23 to $55.37 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in January fell 0.02% or 0.01 to hit $61.35 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.31% or 3.96 to trade at $1282.16 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.43% to 112.57, while EUR/JPY fell 0.23% to 132.75.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.25% at 93.61.