Investing.com – Japan stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Retail, Mining and Manufacturing sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 rose 0.55%.
The best performers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd. (T:5801), which rose 5.57% or 265.0 points to trade at 5020.0 at the close. Meanwhile, SUMCO Corp. (T:3436) added 4.27% or 113.0 points to end at 2758.0 and Ebara Corp. (T:6361) was up 3.90% or 150.0 points to 3995.0 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Hino Motors, Ltd. (T:7205), which fell 3.66% or 52.0 points to trade at 1368.0 at the close. Shiseido Co., Ltd. (T:4911) declined 2.67% or 184.0 points to end at 6703.0 and Asahi Group Holdings, Ltd. (T:2502) was down 1.76% or 99.0 points to 5541.0.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 2139 to 1195 and 207 ended unchanged.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 5.12% to 19.82 a new 1-month low.
Crude oil for May delivery was up 0.67% or 0.45 to $67.52 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in June rose 0.64% or 0.46 to hit $72.48 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 0.17% or 2.30 to trade at $1344.20 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.26% to 107.59, while EUR/JPY rose 0.30% to 132.70.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.09% at 89.41.