Investing.com – Japan equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic, Mining and Machinery sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 added 0.35%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Familymart Ltd (T:8028), which rose 5.39% or 590.0 points to trade at 11530.0 at the close. Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd. (T:9107) added 4.60% or 88.0 points to end at 2002.5 and Pacific Metals Co., Ltd. (T:5541) was up 4.20% or 155.0 points to 3845.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Dainippon Screen Mfg. Co., Ltd. (T:7735), which lost 2.90% or 230.0 points to trade at 7700.0 in late trade. Fast Retailing Co., Ltd. (T:9983) declined 2.17% or 1070.0 points to end at 48200.0 and Eisai Co., Ltd. (T:4523) shed 1.71% or 166.0 points to 9569.0.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 2363 to 1014 and 216 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 3.57% to 17.72.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for September delivery was up 0.32% or 0.21 to $65.67 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in October rose 0.45% or 0.32 to hit $71.75 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.11% or 1.30 to trade at $1185.30 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.19% to 110.70, while EUR/JPY rose 0.14% to 126.34.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.25% at 96.24.