Investing.com – Japan equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Shipbuilding, Paper & Pulp and Food sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 gained 2.98% to hit a new 1-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Shiseido Co., Ltd. (TYO:4911), which rose 10.92% or 555.00 points to trade at 5,638.00 at the close. Fujifilm Holdings Corp. (TYO:4901) added 10.74% or 730.00 points to end at 7,525.00 and Omron Cor (TYO:6645) was up 9.50% or 640.00 points to 7,377.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Nikon Corp. (TYO:7731), which lost 8.85% or 131.00 points to trade at 1,350.00 in late trade. Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding (TYO:7003) declined 7.48% or 36.00 points to end at 445.00 and Terumo Corp. (TYO:4543) shed 5.23% or 224.00 points to 4,059.00.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 2428 to 1152 and 226 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 1.61% to 20.87.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for December delivery was up 2.67% or 2.31 to $88.78 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in January rose 2.60% or 2.44 to hit $96.11 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.62% or 10.95 to trade at $1,764.65 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.18% to 141.21, while EUR/JPY rose 0.43% to 144.49.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.48% at 107.58.