Japan shares higher at close of trade; Nikkei 225 up 0.69%

Investing.com – Japan equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Manufacturing, Precision Instruments and Automobiles&Parts sectors propelled shares higher.

At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 gained 0.69%.

The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd. (TYO:5801), which rose 4.71% or 162.00 points to trade at 3,600.00 at the close. Mercari Inc (TYO:4385) added 4.31% or 98.00 points to end at 2,373.50 and Murata Mfg Co (TYO:6981) was up 4.16% or 121.00 points to 3,033.00 in late trade.

Biggest losers included Terumo Corp. (TYO:4543), which lost 2.94% or 81.50 points to trade at 2,689.50 in late trade. Nitori Holdings Co Ltd (TYO:9843) declined 2.88% or 645.00 points to end at 21,720.00 and Aeon Co., Ltd. (TYO:8267) shed 1.88% or 70.00 points to 3,649.00.

Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 2422 to 1198 and 243 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.

The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 4.99% to 22.47.

In commodities trading, Crude oil for October delivery was up 0.41% or 0.31 to $76.22 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in November rose 0.46% or 0.36 to hit $79.18 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.26% or 6.60 to trade at $2,553.70 a troy ounce.

USD/JPY was up 0.04% to 145.04, while EUR/JPY rose 0.04% to 160.66.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.04% at 101.31.