Investing.com – Japan equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Shipbuilding, Power and Fishery sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 rose 1.10% to hit a new 1-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Sharp Corp. (T:6753), which rose 18.99% or 17.0 points to trade at 106.5 at the close. DeNA Co Ltd (T:2432) added 10.34% or 275.0 points to end at 2935.0 and Nisshinbo Holdings Inc. (T:3105) was up 6.67% or 63.0 points to 1007.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Haseko Corp (T:1808), which lost 5.57% or 61.5 points to trade at 1042.5 in late trade. Nippon Express Co., Ltd. (T:9062) declined 4.12% or 21.0 points to end at 489.0 and Trend Micro Inc. (T:4704) shed 3.29% or 130.0 points to 3820.0.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1309 to 643 and 105 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 2.56% to 19.01 a new 6-month low.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for September delivery was up 0.62% or 0.27 to $43.76 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in October rose 0.35% or 0.16 to hit $46.20 a barrel, while the December Gold contract fell 0.37% or 5.05 to trade at $1344.95 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.07% to 102.03, while EUR/JPY rose 0.10% to 113.66.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.02% at 95.88.