© Reuters. Japan stocks up; Nikkei 225 up 1.23% at close
Investing.com – Japan stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the , and sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tokyo, Japan, it was up 1.23%.
The best performers of the session were Ajinomoto (TYO: ), which rose 6.47% or 199.00 to trade at 3,273.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Kao Group (TYO: ) added 5.50% or 295.00 points to end at 5,660.00 and Shionogi (TYO: ) added 4.98% or 319.00 points to end at 6,727.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Mitsubishi Motors (TYO: ), which lost 8.61% or 42.00 points to trade at 446.00. Ishikawa Island (TYO: ) lost 5.30% or 200.00 points to end at 3,575.00 and T&D Holdings, Inc. (TYO: ) lost 3.39% or 55.00 points to 1,567.00 at the close.
On the Tokyo Stock Exchange, 2,617 stocks rose, outnumbering stocks that closed lower — 948, while 213 stocks remained unchanged, basically unchanged.
A measure of implied volatility for options on the Nikkei 225 rose 1.03% to 24.46.
WTI crude oil futures August options contract prices fell 0.31% or 0.32 points to hit $103.95. Elsewhere in futures, Brent crude oil futures for August delivery in London fell 0.48% (0.53 points) to trade at $109.52, while August gold futures fell 0.14% (2.60) to trade at $1,827.20.
USD/JPY was down 0.24% at 134.60, while EUR/JPY was down 0.21% at 141.70.
U.S. dollar index futures were down 0.10% at 104.09.