Investing.com – Japan equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Retail, Marine Transport and Services sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 gained 0.82%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Nippon Express Co., Ltd. (T:9062), which rose 3.71% or 240.0 points to trade at 6710.0 at the close. Dentsu Inc. (T:4324) added 3.54% or 175.0 points to end at 5120.0 and Yamato Holdings Co., Ltd. (T:9064) was up 3.48% or 103.0 points to 3066.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Sumitomo Dainippon Pharma Co Ltd (T:4506), which lost 6.00% or 240.0 points to trade at 3760.0 in late trade. Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd. (T:5801) declined 5.25% or 160.0 points to end at 2885.0 and Takeda Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. (T:4502) shed 5.24% or 215.0 points to 3889.0.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1757 to 1710 and 234 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 14.23% to 22.24.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for January delivery was down 0.66% or 0.34 to $51.15 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in February fell 0.40% or 0.24 to hit $59.82 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.17% or 2.15 to trade at $1245.75 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.12% to 112.81, while EUR/JPY rose 0.12% to 128.35.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.02% at 96.785.