Investing.com – Japan equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Retail, Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic and Paper & Pulp sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 gained 0.82%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Trend Micro Inc. (T:4704), which rose 3.93% or 260.0 points to trade at 6870.0 at the close. Oji Holdings Corp. (T:3861) added 3.65% or 26.0 points to end at 739.0 and Secom Co., Ltd. (T:9735) was up 3.00% or 265.0 points to 9104.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Chiyoda Corp. (T:6366), which lost 6.09% or 50.0 points to trade at 771.0 in late trade. Pacific Metals Co., Ltd. (T:5541) declined 2.86% or 110.0 points to end at 3740.0 and Mitsubishi Materials Corp. (T:5711) shed 2.68% or 80.0 points to 2900.0.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 2420 to 969 and 221 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 3.69% to 14.89.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for October delivery was up 0.81% or 0.55 to $68.38 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in October rose 0.67% or 0.50 to hit $75.23 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.20% or 2.40 to trade at $1196.40 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.07% to 111.38, while EUR/JPY rose 0.30% to 128.83.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.15% at 95.41.