Please try another search
Investing.com – Japan equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Paper & Pulp, Railway & Bus and Real Estate sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 gained 0.20%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Familymart Ltd (T:8028), which rose 4.19% or 107.0 points to trade at 2662.0 at the close. Dainippon Screen Mfg. Co., Ltd. (T:7735) added 3.88% or 190.0 points to end at 5090.0 and Seven & i Holdings Co., Ltd. (T:3382) was up 3.60% or 134.0 points to 3852.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Rakuten Inc (T:4755), which lost 3.09% or 38.0 points to trade at 1193.0 in late trade. Chubu Electric Power Co., Inc. (T:9502) declined 1.78% or 27.5 points to end at 1520.5 and The Kansai Electric Power Co. (T:9503) shed 1.74% or 23.0 points to 1297.0.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 2076 to 1392 and 270 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0.00% to 14.23 a new 52-week low.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for August delivery was down 1.27% or 0.73 to $56.61 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in September fell 0.28% or 0.18 to hit $63.12 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.19% or 2.75 to trade at $1418.15 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.16% to 107.97, while EUR/JPY rose 0.02% to 121.65.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.14% at 96.465.
Are you sure you want to block %USER_NAME%?
By doing so, you and %USER_NAME% will not be able to see any of each other's Investing.com's posts.
%USER_NAME% was successfully added to your Block List
Since you’ve just unblocked this person, you must wait 48 hours before renewing the block.
I feel that this comment is:
Thank You!
Your report has been sent to our moderators for review
Add a Comment
We encourage you to use comments to engage with users, share your perspective and ask questions of authors and each other. However, in order to maintain the high level of discourse we’ve all come to value and expect, please keep the following criteria in mind:
Perpetrators of spam or abuse will be deleted from the site and prohibited from future registration at Investing.com’s discretion.