Investing.com – Japan equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Shipbuilding, Fishery and Banking sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 gained 0.38%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were SUMCO Corp. (T:3436), which rose 5.29% or 85.0 points to trade at 1691.0 at the close. Fuji Electric Co., Ltd. (T:6504) added 4.44% or 28.0 points to end at 659.0 and Kubota Corp. (T:6326) was up 3.88% or 67.5 points to 1805.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Nippon Paper Industries Co., Ltd. (T:3863), which lost 2.07% or 44.0 points to trade at 2082.0 in late trade. Maruha Nichiro Corp (T:1333) declined 1.69% or 55.0 points to end at 3190.0 and Nippon Suisan Kaisha, Ltd. (T:1332) shed 1.62% or 9.0 points to 545.0.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1730 to 1231 and 365 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 2.27% to 20.23.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for March delivery was up 0.15% or 0.08 to $52.20 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in March rose 0.15% or 0.08 to hit $54.24 a barrel, while the February Gold contract rose 0.50% or 5.95 to trade at $1207.45 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.21% to 114.62, while EUR/JPY fell 0.02% to 122.47.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.19% at 100.91.