Investing.com – Japan equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Gas & Water, Power and Construction sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 rose 0.31%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Mitsui Fudosan Co., Ltd. (TYO:8801), which rose 7.82% or 121.50 points to trade at 1,671.00 at the close. Tokyo Tatemono Co., Ltd. (TYO:8804) added 7.61% or 191.00 points to end at 2,706.00 and Mitsubishi Estate Co Ltd (TYO:8802) was up 6.92% or 198.00 points to 3,056.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Fast Retailing Co., Ltd. (TYO:9983), which lost 4.40% or 1,940.00 points to trade at 42,330.00 in late trade. Odakyu Electric Railway Co., Ltd. (TYO:9007) declined 3.07% or 58.00 points to end at 1,835.00 and Tokyo Electric Power Co., Inc. (TYO:9501) shed 2.42% or 26.00 points to 1,045.50.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1813 to 1789 and 264 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 1.74% to 20.47.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for May delivery was up 0.98% or 0.83 to $85.85 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in June rose 0.82% or 0.74 to hit $90.48 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 1.49% or 35.45 to trade at $2,408.15 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.03% to 153.22, while EUR/JPY fell 0.34% to 163.84.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.26% at 105.33.