Investing.com – Japan equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Electrical/Machinery, Precision Instruments and Mining sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 added 0.54%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Fast Retailing Co., Ltd. (TYO:9983), which rose 8.70% or 6,100.00 points to trade at 76,230.00 at the close. Hino Motors, Ltd. (TYO:7205) added 3.69% or 26.00 points to end at 731.00 and Shionogi & Co., Ltd. (TYO:4507) was up 3.54% or 255.00 points to 7,457.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Concordia Financial Group Ltd (TYO:7186), which lost 3.85% or 17.00 points to trade at 425.00 in late trade. JGC Corp. (TYO:1963) declined 3.59% or 60.00 points to end at 1,610.00 and Chiba Bank Ltd (TYO:8331) shed 3.19% or 23.00 points to 698.00.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 2173 to 1334 and 255 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 3.37% to 21.78.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for August delivery was up 0.29% or 0.28 to $96.06 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in September rose 0.66% or 0.65 to hit $99.75 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.21% or 3.65 to trade at $1,702.15 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.10% to 138.76, while EUR/JPY unchanged 0.00% to 139.12.
The US Dollar Index Futures was unchanged 0.00% at 108.40.