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 0.64%.
The best performers of the session on the were Sumitomo Dainippon Pharma Co Ltd (TYO:), which rose 8.00% or 30.00 points to trade at 405.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Ebara Corp. (TYO:) added 7.32% or 173.50 points to end at 2,543.50 and IHI Corp. (TYO:) was up 5.91% or 268.00 points to 4,805.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Hino Motors, Ltd. (TYO:), which fell 5.43% or 24.00 points to trade at 418.00 at the close. Shiseido Co., Ltd. (TYO:) declined 4.95% or 239.00 points to end at 4,588.00 and Sharp Corp (TYO:) was down 4.76% or 46.50 points to 930.10.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 1979 to 1634 and 270 ended unchanged.
Shares in IHI Corp. (TYO:) rose to 5-year highs; up 5.91% or 268.00 to 4,805.00.
The , which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 3.00% to 16.18 a new 6-months low.
Crude oil for August delivery was up 0.62% or 0.51 to $82.25 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in September rose 0.52% or 0.44 to hit $85.70 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 0.06% or 1.30 to trade at $2,337.90 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.11% to 160.91, while EUR/JPY rose 0.02% to 172.10.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.10% at 105.67.
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