Investing.com – Japan equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Mining, Insurance and Shipbuilding sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 added 0.36%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were SUMCO Corp. (T:3436), which rose 11.51% or 94.0 points to trade at 911.0 at the close. Fujitsu Ltd. (T:6702) added 9.17% or 43.0 points to end at 512.0 and Chiyoda Corp. (T:6366) was up 7.49% or 56.0 points to 804.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Matsui Securities Co., Ltd. (T:8628), which lost 4.38% or 41.0 points to trade at 895.0 in late trade. Chugai Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. (T:4519) declined 3.26% or 110.0 points to end at 3265.0 and Keisei Electric Railway Co., Ltd. (T:9009) shed 3.18% or 39.0 points to 1188.0.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1033 to 853 and 171 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 0.90% to 22.02.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for September delivery was up 0.97% or 0.47 to $48.69 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in October rose 0.53% or 0.27 to hit $51.16 a barrel, while the December Gold contract fell 0.28% or 3.85 to trade at $1353.35 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.20% to 100.09, while EUR/JPY rose 0.11% to 113.53.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.13% at 94.23.