Investing.com – Japan equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Transportation Equipment, Electrical/Machinery and Precision Instruments sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 added 0.40% to hit a new 1-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were NTN Corp. (TYO:6472), which rose 12.60% or 33.00 points to trade at 295.00 at the close. Z Holdings Corp (TYO:4689) added 12.21% or 45.70 points to end at 420.10 and Sony Corp (TYO:6758) was up 6.18% or 710.00 points to 12,200.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Hino Motors, Ltd. (TYO:7205), which lost 4.42% or 25.00 points to trade at 541.00 in late trade. Mitsubishi Motors Corp. (TYO:7211) declined 3.76% or 19.00 points to end at 486.00 and Oji Holdings Corp. (TYO:3861) shed 3.72% or 20.00 points to 517.00.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 2212 to 1326 and 278 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 2.39% to 17.55.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for March delivery was down 0.46% or 0.35 to $75.53 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in April fell 0.37% or 0.30 to hit $81.87 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 0.20% or 3.95 to trade at $1,926.85 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.04% to 128.60, while EUR/JPY fell 0.26% to 140.00.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.19% at 101.76.