Investing.com – Japan equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Railway & Bus, Transportation Equipment and Marine Transport sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 gained 0.44%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Komatsu Ltd. (T:6301), which rose 5.69% or 198.0 points to trade at 3678.0 at the close. Concordia Financial Group Ltd (T:7186) added 4.72% or 29.0 points to end at 644.0 and Minebea Mitsumi Inc (T:6479) was up 4.65% or 103.0 points to 2318.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included DeNA Co Ltd (T:2432), which lost 4.75% or 121.0 points to trade at 2424.0 in late trade. Sumitomo Electric Industries Ltd. (T:5802) declined 3.09% or 60.5 points to end at 1898.0 and Tokai Carbon Co., Ltd. (T:5301) shed 2.27% or 27.0 points to 1160.0.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1661 to 1609 and 231 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 2.41% to 17.03.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for January delivery was up 0.45% or 0.26 to $57.66 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in February rose 0.59% or 0.37 to hit $63.00 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.13% or 1.64 to trade at $1274.84 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.06% to 112.60, while EUR/JPY rose 0.15% to 134.15.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.05% at 92.92.