Investing.com – Japan equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Transportation Equipment, Pharmaceutical Industry and Paper & Pulp sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 added 0.55%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Sharp Corp (TYO:6753), which rose 6.95% or 66.20 points to trade at 1,018.50 at the close. Shimizu Corp. (TYO:1803) added 4.72% or 43.80 points to end at 972.30 and Taisei Corp. (TYO:1801) was up 3.69% or 235.00 points to 6,602.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Advantest Corp. (TYO:6857), which lost 3.41% or 225.00 points to trade at 6,382.00 in late trade. Lasertec Corp (TYO:6920) declined 3.09% or 905.00 points to end at 28,350.00 and DeNA Co Ltd (TYO:2432) shed 2.81% or 48.00 points to 1,661.00.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 2060 to 1568 and 249 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 2.03% to 27.05.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for October delivery was up 0.14% or 0.10 to $73.11 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in October rose 0.13% or 0.10 to hit $77.32 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.43% or 10.75 to trade at $2,527.45 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.45% to 145.60, while EUR/JPY fell 0.35% to 161.97.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.16% at 101.24.