© Reuters. Japan stocks higher at close of trade; Nikkei 225 up 0.54%
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 gained 0.54% to hit a new 3-months high.
The best performers of the session on the were Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (TYO:), which rose 6.38% or 529.00 points to trade at 8,824.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Dainippon Screen Mfg. Co., Ltd. (TYO:) added 4.45% or 440.00 points to end at 10,335.00 and Resonac Holdings Corp (TYO:) was up 4.38% or 117.00 points to 2,789.50 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Oji Holdings Corp. (TYO:), which fell 2.69% or 15.80 points to trade at 570.60 at the close. Nippon Paper Industries Co., Ltd. (TYO:) declined 2.37% or 32.00 points to end at 1,321.00 and Daikin Industries, Ltd. (TYO:) was down 2.35% or 555.00 points to 23,095.00.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 2195 to 1421 and 264 ended unchanged.
Shares in Resonac Holdings Corp (TYO:) rose to 52-week highs; rising 4.38% or 117.00 to 2,789.50.
The , which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 3.82% to 17.87 a new 1-month low.
Crude oil for January delivery was up 0.03% or 0.02 to $76.41 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in January fell 0.09% or 0.07 to hit $81.35 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.02% or 0.35 to trade at $1,993.65 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.19% to 149.27, while EUR/JPY fell 0.18% to 162.80.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.03% at 103.63.