Investing.com – Japan equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Communication, Financial Services and Electrical/Machinery sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 rose 0.18% to hit a new 5-year high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Fujikura Ltd. (TYO:5803), which rose 23.85% or 300.00 points to trade at 1,558.00 at the close. Nisshinbo Holdings Inc. (TYO:3105) added 9.24% or 115.00 points to end at 1,359.50 and SoftBank Group Corp. (TYO:9984) was up 8.72% or 641.00 points to 7,991.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. (TYO:7201), which lost 11.56% or 72.30 points to trade at 553.10 in late trade. Nikon Corp. (TYO:7731) declined 7.24% or 111.50 points to end at 1,429.50 and Teijin Ltd. (TYO:3401) shed 7.22% or 97.50 points to 1,253.00.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 2355 to 1314 and 213 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 2.11% to 19.80.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for March delivery was down 0.08% or 0.06 to $76.16 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in April fell 0.20% or 0.16 to hit $81.47 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 0.00% or 0.05 to trade at $2,047.95 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.06% to 149.40, while EUR/JPY fell 0.01% to 160.92.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.02% at 104.06.