Japan shares higher at close of trade; Nikkei 225 up 0.35%

Investing.com – Japan equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Warehousing, Shipbuilding and Trading sectors propelled shares higher.

At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 gained 0.35%.

The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Japan Steel Works Ltd (TYO:5631), which rose 7.12% or 400.00 points to trade at 6,015.00 at the close. Mizuho Financial Group Inc (TYO:8411) added 6.63% or 234.00 points to end at 3,765.00 and Fukuoka Financial Group, Inc. (TYO:8354) was up 5.78% or 228.00 points to 4,173.00 in late trade.

Biggest losers included Dentsu Inc. (TYO:4324), which lost 14.59% or 700.00 points to trade at 4,097.00 in late trade. Ebara Corp. (TYO:6361) declined 5.04% or 123.50 points to end at 2,327.00 and Asahi Group Holdings, Ltd. (TYO:2502) shed 4.42% or 77.50 points to 1,675.50.

Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1839 to 1736 and 286 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.

The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 7.41% to 24.79.

In commodities trading, Crude oil for December delivery was down 1.30% or 0.89 to $67.81 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in January fell 1.30% or 0.94 to hit $71.62 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.31% or 7.90 to trade at $2,565.00 a troy ounce.

USD/JPY was down 0.09% to 156.11, while EUR/JPY rose 0.09% to 164.71.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.03% at 106.63.