Investing.com – Japan stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Shipbuilding, Real Estate and Rubber sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 gained 1.29%.
The best performers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Chiyoda Corp. (T:6366), which rose 17.41% or 51.0 points to trade at 344.0 at the close. Meanwhile, Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding (T:7003) added 5.81% or 66.0 points to end at 1202.0 and JGC Corp. (T:1963) was up 5.60% or 89.0 points to 1678.0 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Minebea Mitsumi Inc (T:6479), which fell 2.60% or 44.0 points to trade at 1646.0 at the close. Daikin Industries, Ltd. (T:6367) declined 2.36% or 295.0 points to end at 12185.0 and Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd. (T:4063) was down 1.58% or 137.0 points to 8550.0.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 2453 to 1078 and 176 ended unchanged.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 1.67% to 21.74 a new 1-month low.
Crude oil for February delivery was up 0.88% or 0.46 to $52.53 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in March rose 0.70% or 0.43 to hit $61.61 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract fell 0.32% or 4.15 to trade at $1288.15 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.21% to 109.46, while EUR/JPY rose 0.26% to 124.78.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.03% at 95.738.