Investing.com – Japan equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Banking, Pharmaceutical Industry and Manufacturing sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 added 0.28%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Showa Denko K.K. (T:4004), which rose 4.07% or 119.0 points to trade at 3040.0 at the close. Denki Kagaku Kogyo K.K. (T:4061) added 3.43% or 24.0 points to end at 723.0 and Toho Zinc Co., Ltd. (T:5707) was up 3.37% or 17.0 points to 522.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Nippon Telegraph & Telephone Corp (T:9432), which lost 2.49% or 136.0 points to trade at 5332.0 in late trade. Fujikura Ltd. (T:5803) declined 2.46% or 22.0 points to end at 872.0 and Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd. (T:5801) shed 2.35% or 140.0 points to 5820.0.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1940 to 1245 and 277 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 2.51% to 15.14.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for October delivery was down 0.91% or 0.43 to $46.80 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in November fell 0.74% or 0.39 to hit $52.47 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.17% or 2.21 to trade at $1324.41 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.07% to 110.06, while EUR/JPY fell 0.02% to 130.94.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.08% at 92.66.