Investing.com – Japan stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic, Transportation Equipment and Precision Instruments sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 rose 0.36%.
The best performers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Fujikura Ltd. (TYO:5803), which rose 6.30% or 200.00 points to trade at 3,377.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Resonac Holdings Corp (TYO:4004) added 5.35% or 182.00 points to end at 3,584.00 and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (TYO:7011) was up 4.43% or 65.50 points to 1,545.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Daiichi Sankyo Co., Ltd. (TYO:4568), which fell 3.09% or 173.00 points to trade at 5,422.00 at the close. Resona Holdings, Inc. (TYO:8308) declined 2.42% or 24.30 points to end at 981.20 and Eisai Co., Ltd. (TYO:4523) was down 2.40% or 154.00 points to 6,256.00.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 2741 to 896 and 223 ended unchanged.
Shares in Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (TYO:7011) rose to all time highs; up 4.43% or 65.50 to 1,545.00.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 0.17% to 17.61.
Crude oil for July delivery was down 0.75% or 0.59 to $78.03 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in August fell 0.60% or 0.50 to hit $82.25 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 0.33% or 7.70 to trade at $2,325.70 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.75% to 158.20, while EUR/JPY rose 0.65% to 169.69.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.13% at 105.06.