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

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 0.93%.

The best performers 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. Meanwhile, 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.

The worst performers of the session were Sumitomo Dainippon Pharma Co Ltd (TYO:), which fell 9.03% or 42.00 points to trade at 423.00 at the close. Nisshin Seifun Group Inc. (TYO:) declined 4.92% or 99.50 points to end at 1,922.00 and Maruha Nichiro Corp (TYO:) was down 4.31% or 125.00 points to 2,774.50.

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

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

Crude oil for January delivery was up 0.06% or 0.04 to $71.62 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in February rose 0.09% or 0.07 to hit $76.68 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.22% or 4.55 to trade at $2,049.45 a troy ounce.

USD/JPY was up 0.08% to 141.99, while EUR/JPY fell 0.03% to 155.94.

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