Investing.com – Japan equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Fishery, Retail and Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 added 0.48%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Fast Retailing Co., Ltd. (T:9983), which rose 6.88% or 1940.0 points to trade at 30120.0 at the close. Maruha Nichiro Corp (T:1333) added 4.55% or 121.0 points to end at 2780.0 and Nippon Suisan Kaisha, Ltd. (T:1332) was up 4.36% or 27.0 points to 646.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Yokogawa Electric Corp. (T:6841), which lost 5.47% or 67.0 points to trade at 1158.0 in late trade. J.Front Retailing Co., Ltd. (T:3086) declined 4.05% or 52.0 points to end at 1232.0 and Tokyo Gas Co., Ltd. (T:9531) shed 4.01% or 17.5 points to 418.6.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1223 to 613 and 161 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 2.36% to 26.86.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for July delivery was up 0.22% or 0.11 to $49.28 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in August rose 0.32% or 0.16 to hit $50.20 a barrel, while the August Gold contract rose 0.15% or 1.85 to trade at $1214.45 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.09% to 108.77, while EUR/JPY fell 0.14% to 121.25.
The US Dollar Index was unchanged 0.00% at 95.56.