Investing.com – Japan equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Mining, Shipbuilding and Banking sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 gained 0.36%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were IHI Corp. (T:7013), which rose 4.71% or 16.5 points to trade at 366.5 at the close. Seven & i Holdings Co., Ltd. (T:3382) added 4.34% or 193.0 points to end at 4637.0 and Inpex Corp. (T:1605) was up 4.02% or 43.5 points to 1126.5 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Dainippon Screen Mfg. Co., Ltd. (T:7735), which lost 1.96% or 155.0 points to trade at 7759.9 in late trade. SUMCO Corp. (T:3436) declined 1.69% or 31.0 points to end at 1803.0 and The Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd. (T:5101) shed 1.13% or 24.0 points to 2108.0.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 2165 to 898 and 286 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 9.30% to 19.87 a new 1-month high.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for May delivery was up 1.61% or 0.83 to $52.53 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in June rose 1.42% or 0.78 to hit $55.67 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 1.05% or 13.15 to trade at $1266.45 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.22% to 110.57, while EUR/JPY fell 0.25% to 117.61.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.04% at 100.65.