Investing.com – Japan equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Mining, Transportation Equipment and Electrical/Machinery sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 added 0.37%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Toshiba Corp. (T:6502), which rose 11.38% or 27.3 points to trade at 267.1 at the close. Konami Corp. (T:9766) added 6.11% or 240.0 points to end at 4170.0 and Alps Electric Co., Ltd. (T:6770) was up 4.30% or 87.0 points to 2108.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding (T:7003), which lost 3.35% or 6.0 points to trade at 173.0 in late trade. Hitachi Construction Machinery Co (T:6305) declined 2.92% or 50.0 points to end at 1661.0 and Yamato Holdings Co., Ltd. (T:9064) shed 2.77% or 63.0 points to 2214.5.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1004 to 803 and 190 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 1.68% to 25.75 a new 1-month low.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for July delivery was down 0.63% or 0.31 to $49.17 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in July fell 0.69% or 0.34 to hit $49.25 a barrel, while the June Gold contract rose 0.05% or 0.55 to trade at $1220.95 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.05% to 109.71, while EUR/JPY fell 0.04% to 122.80.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.01% at 95.15.