Investing.com – Japan equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Transport, Steel and Fishery sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 rose 1.37% to hit a new 5-year high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Softbank Corp. (T:9984), which rose 4.69% or 515.0 points to trade at 11487.5 at the close. Sony Corp (T:6758) added 4.52% or 301.0 points to end at 6966.0 and Mitsubishi Chemical Holdings Corp (T:4188) was up 3.77% or 39.5 points to 1087.5 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Taiyo Yuden Co., Ltd. (T:6976), which lost 3.44% or 91.0 points to trade at 2554.0 in late trade. Fujikura Ltd. (T:5803) declined 2.72% or 15.0 points to end at 537.0 and Sumitomo Osaka Cement Co., Ltd. (T:5232) shed 2.69% or 130.0 points to 4710.0.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 2277 to 1123 and 222 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 0.67% to 16.33.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for November delivery was up 0.25% or 0.18 to $72.30 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in December rose 0.14% or 0.11 to hit $81.49 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.01% or 0.10 to trade at $1187.30 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.08% to 113.47, while EUR/JPY fell 0.09% to 131.86.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.12% at 94.72.