Investing.com – Japan equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic, Mining and Financial Services sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 gained 0.52% to hit a new 1-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Showa Denko K.K. (T:4004), which rose 7.36% or 225.0 points to trade at 3280.0 at the close. Tokai Carbon Co., Ltd. (T:5301) added 5.28% or 44.0 points to end at 878.0 and Konica Minolta, Inc. (T:4902) was up 4.84% or 42.0 points to 910.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included J.Front Retailing Co., Ltd. (T:3086), which lost 4.28% or 64.0 points to trade at 1431.0 in late trade. Isetan Mitsukoshi Holdings Ltd. (T:3099) declined 3.69% or 43.0 points to end at 1122.0 and Shiseido Co., Ltd. (T:4911) shed 3.42% or 162.0 points to 4573.0.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 2222 to 986 and 246 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 2.36% to 13.88.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for October delivery was down 0.60% or 0.30 to $49.59 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in November fell 0.56% or 0.31 to hit $55.16 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.23% or 3.00 to trade at $1332.30 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.38% to 110.69, while EUR/JPY rose 0.43% to 131.98.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.01% at 92.03.