Investing.com – Japan stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Transport, Mining and Shipbuilding sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 gained 0.04%.
The best performers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Isetan Mitsukoshi Holdings Ltd. (T:3099), which rose 5.18% or 54.0 points to trade at 1097.0 at the close. Meanwhile, J.Front Retailing Co., Ltd. (T:3086) added 5.05% or 65.0 points to end at 1351.0 and Nippon Yusen K.K (T:9101) was up 5.01% or 10.0 points to 209.5 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were DeNA Co Ltd (T:2432), which fell 3.19% or 115.0 points to trade at 3485.0 at the close. Meiji Holdings Co., Ltd. (T:2269) declined 3.04% or 300.0 points to end at 9580.0 and Nisshin Seifun Group Inc. (T:2002) was down 2.99% or 46.0 points to 1493.0.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 1099 to 800 and 157 ended unchanged.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 6.10% to 20.46.
Crude oil for October delivery was down 1.11% or 0.53 to $47.09 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in November fell 1.24% or 0.62 to hit $49.37 a barrel, while the December Gold contract fell 0.16% or 2.15 to trade at $1339.45 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.26% to 102.21, while EUR/JPY fell 0.14% to 115.22.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.11% at 94.94.