Japan shares higher at close of trade; Nikkei 225 up 0.93%

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

At the close in Tokyo, the added 0.93%.

The biggest gainers of the session on the were Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. (TYO:), which rose 7.07% or 277.00 points to trade at 4,196.00 at the close. Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd. (TYO:) added 6.93% or 333.00 points to end at 5,138.00 and Yaskawa Electric Corp. (TYO:) was up 6.84% or 364.00 points to 5,689.00 in late trade.

Biggest losers included Sumitomo Dainippon Pharma Co Ltd (TYO:), which lost 9.03% or 42.00 points to trade at 423.00 in late trade. Nisshin Seifun Group Inc. (TYO:) declined 4.92% or 99.50 points to end at 1,922.00 and Maruha Nichiro Corp (TYO:) shed 4.31% or 125.00 points to 2,774.50.

Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 2204 to 1445 and 237 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.

The , which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 4.48% to 17.28.

In commodities trading, Crude oil for January delivery was up 0.06% or 0.04 to $71.62 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in February rose 0.10% or 0.08 to hit $76.69 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.22% or 4.45 to trade at $2,049.35 a troy ounce.

USD/JPY was up 0.10% to 142.01, while EUR/JPY fell 0.01% to 155.97.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.06% at 101.64.