Investing.com – Japan stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Steel, Mining and Food sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 rose 1.29%.
The best performers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Advantest Corp. (TYO:6857), which rose 8.22% or 830.00 points to trade at 10,930.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Tokyo Electron Ltd. (TYO:8035) added 7.13% or 3,180.00 points to end at 47,770.00 and Okuma Corp. (TYO:6103) was up 5.66% or 290.00 points to 5,410.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Sumitomo Metal Mining Co., Ltd. (TYO:5713), which fell 2.46% or 129.00 points to trade at 5,125.00 at the close. Daiichi Sankyo Co., Ltd. (TYO:4568) declined 2.13% or 94.00 points to end at 4,323.00 and Takeda Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. (TYO:4502) was down 2.10% or 90.00 points to 4,203.00.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 2440 to 1157 and 248 ended unchanged.
Shares in Advantest Corp. (TYO:6857) rose to 52-week highs; rising 8.22% or 830.00 to 10,930.00.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 7.23% to 17.50.
Crude oil for April delivery was up 1.06% or 0.80 to $76.19 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in April rose 1.06% or 0.87 to hit $83.08 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 0.24% or 4.30 to trade at $1,831.10 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.00% to 134.70, while EUR/JPY fell 0.02% to 142.68.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.03% at 104.57.