Investing.com – Japan stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic, Mining and Transportation Equipment sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 rose 0.51%.
The best performers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Yamato Holdings Co., Ltd. (T:9064), which rose 5.50% or 123.5 points to trade at 2368.0 at the close. Meanwhile, Konami Corp. (T:9766) added 5.44% or 310.0 points to end at 6010.0 and Hitachi Construction Machinery Co (T:6305) was up 4.99% or 147.0 points to 3095.0 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Taisei Corp. (T:1801), which fell 2.02% or 22.0 points to trade at 1067.5 at the close. Yaskawa Electric Corp. (T:6506) declined 2.01% or 65.0 points to end at 3175.0 and Toho Zinc Co., Ltd. (T:5707) was down 1.34% or 7.0 points to 515.0.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 1919 to 1217 and 318 ended unchanged.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 1.75% to 15.74.
Crude oil for October delivery was up 0.84% or 0.40 to $47.83 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in October rose 0.86% or 0.45 to hit $52.49 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.13% or 1.62 to trade at $1293.62 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.07% to 109.64, while EUR/JPY rose 0.06% to 129.36.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.01% at 93.22.