Investing.com – Japan equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic, Transportation Equipment and Precision Instruments sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 rose 0.36%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Fujikura Ltd. (TYO:5803), which rose 6.30% or 200.00 points to trade at 3,377.00 at the close. Resonac Holdings Corp (TYO:4004) added 5.35% or 182.00 points to end at 3,584.00 and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (TYO:7011) was up 4.43% or 65.50 points to 1,545.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Daiichi Sankyo Co., Ltd. (TYO:4568), which lost 3.09% or 173.00 points to trade at 5,422.00 in late trade. Resona Holdings, Inc. (TYO:8308) declined 2.42% or 24.30 points to end at 981.20 and Eisai Co., Ltd. (TYO:4523) shed 2.40% or 154.00 points to 6,256.00.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 2741 to 896 and 223 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 0.17% to 17.61.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for July delivery was down 0.74% or 0.58 to $78.04 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in August fell 0.59% or 0.49 to hit $82.26 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 0.33% or 7.70 to trade at $2,325.70 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.75% to 158.19, while EUR/JPY rose 0.65% to 169.68.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.13% at 105.06.