Investing.com – Japan stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Precision Instruments, Shipbuilding and Insurance sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 rose 1.18%.
The best performers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Trend Micro Inc. (T:4704), which rose 10.44% or 570.0 points to trade at 6030.0 at the close. Meanwhile, Chubu Electric Power Co., Inc. (T:9502) added 6.52% or 84.0 points to end at 1373.0 and Ricoh Co., Ltd. (T:7752) was up 6.04% or 67.0 points to 1176.0 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Ebara Corp. (T:6361), which fell 3.26% or 130.0 points to trade at 3855.0 at the close. Sapporo Holdings Ltd. (T:2501) declined 2.81% or 90.0 points to end at 3110.0 and Toshiba Corp. (T:6502) was down 1.59% or 5.0 points to 309.5.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 2794 to 606 and 161 ended unchanged.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 15.49% to 25.37.
Crude oil for March delivery was up 0.23% or 0.14 to $61.48 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in April rose 0.34% or 0.22 to hit $64.55 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 0.42% or 5.70 to trade at $1361.00 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.21% to 105.90, while EUR/JPY unchanged 0.00% to 132.70.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.19% at 88.30.