Investing.com – Japan stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Banking, Insurance and Shipbuilding sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 added 0.70%.
The best performers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Alps Electric Co., Ltd. (T:6770), which rose 6.27% or 144.0 points to trade at 2440.0 at the close. Meanwhile, Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings (T:8309) added 5.74% or 18.8 points to end at 346.6 and Olympus Corp. (T:7733) was up 4.55% or 155.0 points to 3560.0 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Showa Denko K.K. (T:4004), which fell 3.16% or 40.0 points to trade at 1227.0 at the close. TOTO Ltd. (T:5332) declined 2.85% or 110.0 points to end at 3750.0 and Sharp Corp. (T:6753) was down 2.37% or 3.0 points to 123.5.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 1456 to 503 and 103 ended unchanged.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 2.61% to 23.84.
Crude oil for October delivery was down 0.75% or 0.33 to $43.58 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in November fell 0.75% or 0.35 to hit $46.24 a barrel, while the December Gold contract rose 0.02% or 0.25 to trade at $1318.25 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.14% to 101.94, while EUR/JPY fell 0.23% to 114.57.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.01% at 95.29.