Investing.com – Japan equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Precision Instruments, Shipbuilding and Insurance sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 gained 1.18%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Trend Micro Inc. (T:4704), which rose 10.44% or 570.0 points to trade at 6030.0 at the close. Chubu Electric Power Co., Inc. (T:9502) added 6.52% or 84.0 points to end at 1373.0 and Ricoh Co., Ltd. (T:7752) was up 6.04% or 67.0 points to 1176.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Ebara Corp. (T:6361), which lost 3.26% or 130.0 points to trade at 3855.0 in late trade. Sapporo Holdings Ltd. (T:2501) declined 2.81% or 90.0 points to end at 3110.0 and Toshiba Corp. (T:6502) shed 1.59% or 5.0 points to 309.5.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 2794 to 606 and 161 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 15.49% to 25.37.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for March delivery was up 0.23% or 0.14 to $61.48 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in April rose 0.34% or 0.22 to hit $64.55 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 0.42% or 5.70 to trade at $1361.00 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.23% to 105.88, while EUR/JPY unchanged 0.00% to 132.70.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.19% at 88.30.