Investing.com – Japan equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Real Estate, Food and Transport sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 rose 1.23%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Ajinomoto Co., Inc. (TYO:2802), which rose 6.47% or 199.00 points to trade at 3,273.00 at the close. Kao Corp. (TYO:4452) added 5.50% or 295.00 points to end at 5,660.00 and Shionogi & Co., Ltd. (TYO:4507) was up 4.98% or 319.00 points to 6,727.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Mitsubishi Motors Corp. (TYO:7211), which lost 8.61% or 42.00 points to trade at 446.00 in late trade. IHI Corp. (TYO:7013) declined 5.30% or 200.00 points to end at 3,575.00 and T&D Holdings, Inc. (TYO:8795) shed 3.39% or 55.00 points to 1,567.00.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 2617 to 948 and 213 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 1.03% to 24.46.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for August delivery was down 0.31% or 0.32 to $103.95 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in August fell 0.48% or 0.53 to hit $109.52 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.14% or 2.60 to trade at $1,827.20 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.24% to 134.60, while EUR/JPY fell 0.21% to 141.71.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.10% at 104.09.