Sign up to create alerts for Instruments,
Economic Events and content by followed authors
Free Sign Up Already have an account? Sign In
Quotes
All Instrument Types
- All Instrument Types
- Indices
- Equities
- ETFs
- Funds
- Commodities
- Currencies
- Crypto
- Bonds
- Certificates
Please try another search
⏰ React to the Market Faster with Custom, Real-Time News Get Started
Japan shares higher at close of trade; Nikkei 225 up 0.73%
© Reuters. Japan shares higher at close of trade; Nikkei 225 up 0.73%
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 added 0.73%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Konami Corp. (T:9766), which rose 11.71% or 720.0 points to trade at 6870.0 at the close. Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd. (T:9107) added 9.65% or 600.0 points to end at 6820.0 and Chiyoda Corp. (T:6366) was up 7.25% or 25.0 points to 370.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Nippon Sheet Glass Co., Ltd. (T:5202), which lost 8.02% or 41.0 points to trade at 470.0 in late trade. Kao Corp. (T:4452) declined 6.35% or 364.0 points to end at 5366.0 and Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd. (T:5801) shed 5.34% or 125.0 points to 2218.0.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 2325 to 1216 and 227 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0% to 21.82.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for March delivery was up 0.50% or 0.45 to $90.72 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in April rose 0.36% or 0.33 to hit $91.44 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 0.24% or 4.30 to trade at $1808.40 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.03% to 114.99, while EUR/JPY rose 0.19% to 131.75.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.12% at 95.265.
Related Articles
Add Chart to Comment
Confirm Block
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.
Report this comment
I feel that this comment is:
Comment flagged
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.