Investing.com – Japan equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Power, Rubber and Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 gained 0.73%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Fujikura Ltd. (TYO:5803), which rose 8.05% or 463.00 points to trade at 6,212.00 at the close. Sumitomo Metal Mining Co., Ltd. (TYO:5713) added 6.19% or 192.00 points to end at 3,294.00 and Shiseido Co., Ltd. (TYO:4911) was up 5.97% or 160.00 points to 2,840.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Nitori Holdings Co Ltd (TYO:9843), which fell 3.50% or 545.00 points to trade at 15,025.00 in late trade. Recruit Holdings Co Ltd (TYO:6098) declined 2.64% or 230.00 points to end at 8,496.00 and Yokohama Rubber Co Ltd (TYO:5101) down 2.31% or 81.00 points to 3,433.00.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones by 2249 to 1278 and 324 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
Shares in Nitori Holdings Co Ltd (TYO:9843) fell to 52-week lows; down 3.50% or 545.00 to 15,025.00.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 11.79% to 28.16 a new 3-month high.
Crude oil for April delivery was up 1.23% or 0.82 to $67.37 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in May rose 1.12% or 0.78 to hit $70.66 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 0.19% or 5.64 to trade at $2,996.94 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.59% to 148.68, while EUR/JPY rose 0.43% to 161.11.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.23% at 104.07.