Investing.com – Japan equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Pharmaceutical Industry, Warehousing and Electrical/Machinery sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 gained 0.97%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Comsys Holdings Corp. (T:1721), which rose 4.52% or 76.0 points to trade at 1759.0 at the close. Credit Saison Co., Ltd. (T:8253) added 4.14% or 96.0 points to end at 2413.0 and Yaskawa Electric Corp. (T:6506) was up 3.45% or 56.0 points to 1679.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Sekisui House, Ltd. (T:1928), which lost 4.98% or 103.5 points to trade at 1976.0 in late trade. Nippon Suisan Kaisha, Ltd. (T:1332) declined 2.62% or 12.0 points to end at 446.0 and Maruha Nichiro Corp (T:1333) shed 2.27% or 44.0 points to 1891.0.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1285 to 588 on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 7.31% to 21.05.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for January delivery was down 0.45% or 0.17 to $36.59 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in January rose 0.03% or 0.01 to hit $39.56 a barrel, while the February Gold contract fell 0.20% or 2.10 to trade at $1069.90 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.31% to 121.97, while EUR/JPY rose 0.37% to 133.50.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.05% at 97.96.