Investing.com – Japan equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Shipbuilding, Precision Instruments and Chemical sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 rose 0.42%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Fast Retailing Co., Ltd. (TYO:9983), which rose 6.09% or 3,130.00 points to trade at 54,490.00 at the close. Fujikura Ltd. (TYO:5803) added 5.53% or 286.00 points to end at 5,456.00 and Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd. (TYO:5801) was up 4.66% or 169.00 points to 3,792.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Mitsubishi Estate Co Ltd (TYO:8802), which lost 2.84% or 69.00 points to trade at 2,359.50 in late trade. Yokohama Rubber Co Ltd (TYO:5101) declined 2.63% or 86.00 points to end at 3,180.00 and Kansai Electric Power Co Inc (TYO:9503) shed 2.55% or 67.00 points to 2,564.00.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 2258 to 1287 and 304 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 4.35% to 32.08.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for November delivery was up 2.53% or 1.85 to $75.09 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in December rose 2.61% or 2.00 to hit $78.58 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 1.24% or 32.55 to trade at $2,658.55 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.19% to 148.85, while EUR/JPY fell 0.31% to 162.78.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.02% at 102.72.