Japan stocks higher at close of trade; Nikkei 225 up 1.38%

Investing.com – Japan stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Transportation Equipment, Chemical, Petroleum&Plastic and Shipbuilding sectors led shares higher.

At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 added 1.38%.

The best performers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Fujitsu Ltd. (TYO:6702), which rose 11.99% or 2,010.00 points to trade at 18,770.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd. (TYO:9107) added 4.13% or 209.00 points to end at 5,266.00 and Mitsui Chemicals, Inc. (TYO:4183) was up 4.10% or 150.00 points to 3,808.00 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Takeda Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. (TYO:4502), which fell 6.37% or 277.00 points to trade at 4,070.00 at the close. Canon Inc (TYO:7751) declined 4.70% or 171.00 points to end at 3,465.00 and Hitachi Construction Machinery Co (TYO:6305) was down 4.55% or 187.00 points to 3,923.00.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 3096 to 576 and 178 ended unchanged.

The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 1.95% to 22.11.

Crude oil for December delivery was up 2.12% or 1.76 to $84.97 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in December rose 2.14% or 1.88 to hit $89.81 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.06% or 1.10 to trade at $1,996.30 a troy ounce.

USD/JPY was down 0.17% to 150.13, while EUR/JPY fell 0.21% to 158.52.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.01% at 106.43.