© Reuters. Japan Stocks Higher at Close of Trading; Nikkei 225 up 0.40%
Investing.com – Japan stocks closed higher on Friday as gains across the , and sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Tokyo, it was up 0.40% to hit a new 1-month high.
The best interpreters of the session in the were NTN Corporation (TYO:), which rose 33.00 points or 12.60% to trade at 295.00 at close. Meanwhile, Z Holdings Corp (TYO:) added 12.21% or 45.70 points to close at 420.10 and Sony Corp (TYO:) added 6.18% or 710.00 points to 12,200.00 on the end of negotiation.
The worst results of the session were Hino Motors, Ltd. (TYO:), which fell 25.00 points or 4.42% to trade at 541.00 at close. Mitsubishi Motors Corp. (TYO:) declined 3.76% or 19.00 points to end at 486.00 and Oji Holdings Corp. (TYO:) was down 3.72%, or 20.00 points, at 517.00.
Stocks that fell outnumbered those that rose on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 2,212 to 1,326 and 278 ended unchanged.
The , which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, rose 2.39% to 17.55.
Crude oil for March delivery fell 0.35, or 0.46%, to $75.53 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodity trade, Brent oil for April delivery fell 0.31, or 0.38%, to settle at $81.86 a barrel, while the April Gold futures contract fell 0. 20% or 3.90 to trade at $1,926.90 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.03% at 128.62, while EUR/JPY fell 0.24% to 140.03.
US dollar index futures were up 0.19% at 101.76.
