Investing.com – Japan stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Mining, Gas & Water and Construction sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 rose 2.59%.
The best performers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Tokai Carbon Co., Ltd. (T:5301), which rose 14.93% or 63.0 points to trade at 485.0 at the close. Meanwhile, Yamaha Motor Co Ltd (T:7272) added 7.72% or 181.0 points to end at 2527.0 and Nisshinbo Holdings Inc. (T:3105) was up 7.02% or 73.0 points to 1113.0 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Shiseido Co., Ltd. (T:4911), which fell 7.12% or 224.5 points to trade at 2927.5 at the close. Mitsubishi Materials Corp. (T:5711) declined 3.94% or 147.5 points to end at 3597.4 and SUMCO Corp. (T:3436) was down 2.19% or 41.0 points to 1827.0.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 2403 to 663 and 278 ended unchanged.
Shares in Tokai Carbon Co., Ltd. (T:5301) rose to 5-year highs; gaining 14.93% or 63.0 to 485.0.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 1.32% to 17.89 a new 1-month low.
Crude oil for March delivery was up 0.25% or 0.13 to $53.13 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in April rose 0.25% or 0.14 to hit $55.77 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 0.96% or 11.85 to trade at $1224.95 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.41% to 113.72, while EUR/JPY rose 0.46% to 121.21.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.02% at 100.68.