Investing.com – Japan stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Finance & Investment, Textile and Marine Transport sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 added 0.63% to hit a new 6-months high.
The best performers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were SUMCO Corp. (T:3436), which rose 8.37% or 78.0 points to trade at 1010.0 at the close. Meanwhile, Advantest Corp. (T:6857) added 5.60% or 78.0 points to end at 1471.0 and JTEKT Corp. (T:6473) was up 5.30% or 83.0 points to 1650.0 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Kao Corp. (T:4452), which fell 5.66% or 325.0 points to trade at 5418.0 at the close. Fuji Electric Co., Ltd. (T:6504) declined 5.36% or 28.0 points to end at 494.0 and Ricoh Co., Ltd. (T:7752) was down 4.35% or 39.0 points to 858.0.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 2022 to 942 and 357 ended unchanged.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 1.89% to 18.16 a new 52-week low.
Crude oil for December delivery was down 0.16% or 0.08 to $49.64 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in December fell 0.12% or 0.06 to hit $50.41 a barrel, while the December Gold contract rose 0.02% or 0.25 to trade at $1269.75 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.10% to 105.38, while EUR/JPY rose 0.20% to 114.97.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.06% at 98.86.