Investing.com – Japan equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Steel, Paper & Pulp and Fishery sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 added 0.06% to hit a new all time high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Yahoo Japan Corp. (TOKYO:4689), which rose 11.65% or 58.0 points to trade at 556.0 at the close. Hokuetsu Kishu Paper Co., Ltd. (TOKYO:3865) added 4.92% or 32.0 points to end at 683.0 and Toshiba Corp. (TOKYO:6502) was up 4.81% or 20.0 points to 435.7 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Kyowa Hakko Kirin Co., Ltd. (TOKYO:4151), which lost 4.33% or 71.0 points to trade at 1569.0 in late trade. Nippon Express Co., Ltd. (TOKYO:9062) declined 3.10% or 22.0 points to end at 687.0 and NKSJ Holdings, Inc. (TOKYO:8630) shed 2.79% or 130.0 points to 4530.0.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1047 to 835 and 1 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 2.50% to 18.47.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for July delivery was up 0.79% or 0.46 to $58.13 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in July rose 0.62% or 0.39 to hit $62.97 a barrel, while the August Gold contract rose 0.05% or 0.60 to trade at $1189.40 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.02% to 123.92, while EUR/JPY fell 0.13% to 135.55.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.04% at 97.17.