Japan shares higher at close of trade; Nikkei 225 up 0.10%

Investing.com – Japan equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Rubber , Electrical/Machinery and Food sectors propelled shares higher.

At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 rose 0.10%.

The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Nippon Express Co., Ltd. (TYO: 9147 ), which rose 6.52% or 460.00 points to trade at 7,520.00 at the close. Sumitomo Metal Mining Co., Ltd. (TYO: 5713 ) added 5.20% or 200.00 points to end at 4,043.00 and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (TYO: 7011 ) was up 5.05% or 241.00 points to 5,014.00 in late trade.

Biggest losers included Otsuka Holdings Ltd (TYO: 4578 ), which lost 2.42% or 121.00 points to trade at 4,879.00 in late trade. Subaru Corp (TYO: 7270 ) declined 2.23% or 51.50 points to end at 2,253.00 and Daiichi Sankyo Co., Ltd. (TYO: 4568 ) shed 2.22% or 78.00 points to 3,443.00.

Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1809 to 1688 and 276 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.

The Nikkei Volatility , which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 6.42% to 22.43.

In commodities trading, Crude oil for August delivery was down 0.19% or 0.20 to $102.53 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in September rose 0.18% or 0.19 to hit $104.84 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.14% or 2.40 to trade at $1,737.30 a troy ounce.

USD/JPY was down 0.11% to 135.82, while EUR/JPY fell 0.62% to 137.28.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.33% at 107.32.