Japan stocks higher at close of trade; Nikkei 225 up 1.67%

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 added 1.67%.

The best performers of the session on the were Resonac Holdings Corp (TYO:), which rose 9.41% or 309.00 points to trade at 3,594.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Tokai Carbon Co., Ltd. (TYO:) added 7.02% or 61.10 points to end at 930.90 and Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Ltd. (TYO:) was up 6.26% or 319.00 points to 5,411.00 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Keisei Electric Railway Co., Ltd. (TYO:), which fell 2.73% or 124.00 points to trade at 4,415.00 at the close. NTT Data Corp. (TYO:) declined 2.48% or 61.50 points to end at 2,418.50 and Kansai Electric Power Co Inc (TYO:) was down 2.37% or 57.00 points to 2,349.00.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 2389 to 1206 and 272 ended unchanged.

The , which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 2.41% to 27.14.

Crude oil for November delivery was down 0.10% or 0.07 to $71.09 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in November fell 0.13% or 0.10 to hit $74.78 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.39% or 10.10 to trade at $2,624.70 a troy ounce.

USD/JPY was down 0.50% to 141.91, while EUR/JPY fell 0.36% to 158.62.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.17% at 100.15.