Japan stocks higher at close of trade; Nikkei 225 up 0.69% By Investing.com

Investing.com – Japan stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the , and sectors led shares higher.

At the close in Tokyo, the rose 0.69%.

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

The worst performers of the session were Terumo Corp. (TYO:), which fell 2.94% or 81.50 points to trade at 2,689.50 at the close. Nitori Holdings Co Ltd (TYO:) declined 2.88% or 645.00 points to end at 21,720.00 and Aeon Co., Ltd. (TYO:) was down 1.88% or 70.00 points to 3,649.00.

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

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

Crude oil for October delivery was up 0.41% or 0.31 to $76.22 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in November rose 0.44% or 0.35 to hit $79.17 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.24% or 6.10 to trade at $2,554.20 a troy ounce.

USD/JPY was up 0.04% to 145.04, while EUR/JPY rose 0.04% to 160.67.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.04% at 101.32.