Investing.com – Japan equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Communication, Gas & Water and Food sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 rose 1.85%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Tokai Carbon Co., Ltd. (T:5301), which rose 7.31% or 146.0 points to trade at 2144.0 at the close. Fast Retailing Co., Ltd. (T:9983) added 6.95% or 3420.0 points to end at 52650.0 and Yamato Holdings Co., Ltd. (T:9064) was up 4.34% or 132.0 points to 3171.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Concordia Financial Group Ltd (T:7186), which lost 8.53% or 47.0 points to trade at 504.0 in late trade. Yaskawa Electric Corp. (T:6506) declined 3.95% or 160.0 points to end at 3890.0 and Familymart Ltd (T:8028) shed 2.38% or 270.0 points to 11070.0.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 2324 to 1024 and 218 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 4.86% to 16.84.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for August delivery was down 0.54% or 0.38 to $69.95 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in September fell 1.36% or 1.01 to hit $73.44 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.43% or 5.40 to trade at $1241.20 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.20% to 112.74, while EUR/JPY fell 0.24% to 130.99.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.42% at 94.97.