Investing.com – Japan equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Electrical/Machinery, Power and Trading sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 added 1.12%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Eisai Co., Ltd. (T:4523), which rose 19.47% or 1500.0 points to trade at 9206.0 at the close. TDK Corp (T:6762) added 5.15% or 550.0 points to end at 11220.0 and Tokai Carbon Co., Ltd. (T:5301) was up 5.13% or 98.0 points to 2008.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included JGC Corp. (T:1963), which lost 2.36% or 48.0 points to trade at 1989.0 in late trade. Showa Shell Sekiyu K.K. (T:5002) declined 2.28% or 36.0 points to end at 1546.0 and Toho Co., Ltd. (T:9602) shed 1.84% or 65.0 points to 3465.0.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 2695 to 679 and 150 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 2.80% to 20.55.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for August delivery was unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 to $72.94 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in September fell 0.26% or 0.20 to hit $77.19 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.15% or 1.90 to trade at $1256.90 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.05% to 110.60, while EUR/JPY rose 0.15% to 129.55.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.14% at 94.00.