Investing.com – Japan stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Warehousing, Gas & Water and Power sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 added 0.89%.
The best performers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Sony Corp (T:6758), which rose 9.89% or 531.0 points to trade at 5900.0 at the close. Meanwhile, Nippon Light Metal Holdings Co. (T:5703) added 5.19% or 12.0 points to end at 243.0 and T&D Holdings, Inc. (T:8795) was up 4.55% or 49.5 points to 1136.5 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Taiyo Yuden Co., Ltd. (T:6976), which fell 5.08% or 108.0 points to trade at 2018.0 at the close. TDK Corp (T:6762) declined 4.69% or 400.0 points to end at 8120.0 and Dainippon Screen Mfg. Co., Ltd. (T:7735) was down 3.94% or 190.0 points to 4630.0.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 2700 to 836 and 176 ended unchanged.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 13.64% to 18.99.
Crude oil for June delivery was up 0.32% or 0.20 to $63.07 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in July rose 0.10% or 0.07 to hit $72.69 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 0.06% or 0.75 to trade at $1286.95 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.13% to 109.69, while EUR/JPY fell 0.09% to 122.60.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.05% at 97.632.