Investing.com – Japan equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Retail, Fishery and Transport sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 rose 0.56%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were SUMCO Corp. (T:3436), which rose 8.37% or 124.0 points to trade at 1606.0 at the close. Yaskawa Electric Corp. (T:6506) added 5.63% or 170.0 points to end at 3190.0 and Taiyo Yuden Co., Ltd. (T:6976) was up 5.40% or 126.0 points to 2460.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Aeon Co., Ltd. (T:8267), which lost 4.34% or 116.0 points to trade at 2556.5 in late trade. Sumitomo Electric Industries Ltd. (T:5802) declined 3.81% or 62.0 points to end at 1567.0 and NKSJ Holdings, Inc. (T:8630) shed 3.63% or 174.0 points to 4619.0.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 2217 to 1339 and 150 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 44.12% to 26.46 a new 6-month high.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for November delivery was up 1.13% or 0.80 to $71.77 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in December rose 1.02% or 0.82 to hit $81.08 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.56% or 6.90 to trade at $1220.70 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.08% to 112.26, while EUR/JPY rose 0.02% to 130.02.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.10% at 94.78.