Investing.com – Japan equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic, Transportation Equipment and Finance & Investment sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 gained 1.24% to hit a new 5-year high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Fuji Electric Co., Ltd. (T:6504), which rose 14.58% or 100.0 points to trade at 786.0 at the close. Advantest Corp. (T:6857) added 6.52% or 153.0 points to end at 2498.0 and Kyowa Hakko Kirin Co., Ltd. (T:4151) was up 6.14% or 121.0 points to 2093.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Fujitsu Ltd. (T:6702), which lost 6.77% or 61.5 points to trade at 847.5 in late trade. Nisshin Steel Holdings Co., Ltd. (T:5413) declined 5.51% or 93.0 points to end at 1596.0 and Nippon Light Metal Holdings Co. (T:5703) shed 3.49% or 12.0 points to 332.0.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 2482 to 811 and 206 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 2.68% to 15.28.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for December delivery was down 0.04% or 0.02 to $52.62 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in December fell 0.05% or 0.03 to hit $59.27 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.00% or 0.01 to trade at $1269.59 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.01% to 113.98, while EUR/JPY fell 0.14% to 132.63.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.18% at 94.72.