Investing.com – Japan equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Power, Real Estate and Insurance sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 added 3.88%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Fujikura Ltd. (TYO:5803), which rose 11.41% or 407.00 points to trade at 3,974.00 at the close. Sumitomo Dainippon Pharma Co Ltd (TYO:4506) added 10.36% or 52.00 points to end at 554.00 and Hitachi Ltd (TYO:6501) was up 7.77% or 264.00 points to 3,660.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Mercari Inc (TYO:4385), which lost 1.15% or 24.00 points to trade at 2,072.00 in late trade. Pacific Metals Co., Ltd. (TYO:5541) declined 1.06% or 15.00 points to end at 1,398.00 and Dentsu Inc. (TYO:4324) shed 1.01% or 43.00 points to 4,207.00.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 3097 to 622 and 164 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 11.02% to 31.32.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for September delivery was down 0.47% or 0.37 to $77.79 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in October fell 0.36% or 0.29 to hit $80.75 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.08% or 1.90 to trade at $2,494.30 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.23% to 148.93, while EUR/JPY fell 0.14% to 163.57.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.07% at 102.74.