Investing.com – Japan stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Power, Food and Pharmaceutical Industry sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 rose 0.17%.
The best performers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Tokyo Electron Ltd. (TYO:8035), which rose 2.22% or 335.00 points to trade at 15,400.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Okuma Corp. (TYO:6103) added 2.15% or 120.00 points to end at 5,700.00 and Ricoh Co., Ltd. (TYO:7752) was up 2.03% or 20.00 points to 1,007.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Seven & i Holdings Co., Ltd. (TYO:3382), which fell 4.02% or 236.00 points to trade at 5,636.00 at the close. Yamato Holdings Co., Ltd. (TYO:9064) declined 2.06% or 47.00 points to end at 2,236.00 and Tokyo Electric Power Co., Inc. (TYO:9501) was down 2.02% or 10.00 points to 486.00.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 1950 to 1560 and 300 ended unchanged.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 0.57% to 17.72.
Crude oil for May delivery was down 0.17% or 0.14 to $80.47 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in June fell 0.06% or 0.05 to hit $84.94 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 0.57% or 11.70 to trade at $2,023.90 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.08% to 131.87, while EUR/JPY rose 0.06% to 143.99.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.06% at 101.61.