Investing.com – Japan equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Warehousing, Railway & Bus and Retail sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 rose 3.25%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Fast Retailing Co., Ltd. (TYO:9983), which rose 8.40% or 6,610.00 points to trade at 85,290.00 at the close. Daiichi Sankyo Co., Ltd. (TYO:4568) added 6.07% or 252.00 points to end at 4,402.00 and NTT Data Corp. (TYO:9613) was up 5.30% or 101.00 points to 2,007.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included NH Foods Ltd (TYO:2282), which lost 0.14% or 5.00 points to trade at 3,645.00 in late trade. West Japan Railway Co. (TYO:9021) added 0.42% or 24.00 points to end at 5,804.00 and Takashimaya Co., Ltd. (TYO:8233) gained 0.45% or 8.00 points to 1,803.00.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 3088 to 510 and 180 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 0.58% to 26.12.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for November delivery was up 0.01% or 0.01 to $89.12 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in December fell 0.05% or 0.05 to hit $94.52 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.36% or 6.10 to trade at $1,670.90 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.23% to 147.55, while EUR/JPY rose 0.08% to 144.02.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.28% at 112.57.