Investing.com – Japan stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Retail, Fishery and Transport sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 added 0.56%.
The best performers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were SUMCO Corp. (T:3436), which rose 8.37% or 124.0 points to trade at 1606.0 at the close. Meanwhile, Yaskawa Electric Corp. (T:6506) added 5.63% or 170.0 points to end at 3190.0 and Taiyo Yuden Co., Ltd. (T:6976) was up 5.40% or 126.0 points to 2460.0 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Aeon Co., Ltd. (T:8267), which fell 4.34% or 116.0 points to trade at 2556.5 at the close. Sumitomo Electric Industries Ltd. (T:5802) declined 3.81% or 62.0 points to end at 1567.0 and NKSJ Holdings, Inc. (T:8630) was down 3.63% or 174.0 points to 4619.0.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 2217 to 1339 and 150 ended unchanged.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 44.12% to 26.46 a new 6-months high.
Crude oil for November delivery was up 1.13% or 0.80 to $71.77 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in December rose 1.01% or 0.81 to hit $81.07 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.55% or 6.80 to trade at $1220.80 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.08% to 112.26, while EUR/JPY rose 0.02% to 130.01.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.11% at 94.79.