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 0.49%.
The best performers of the session on the were Konami Corp. (TYO:), which rose 9.27% or 873.00 points to trade at 10,290.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Mercari Inc (TYO:) added 9.10% or 160.00 points to end at 1,918.00 and SUMCO Corp. (TYO:) was up 8.36% or 200.00 points to 2,591.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Dainippon Screen Mfg. Co., Ltd. (TYO:), which fell 12.24% or 2,155.00 points to trade at 15,445.00 at the close. Tokai Carbon Co., Ltd. (TYO:) declined 7.17% or 75.00 points to end at 971.00 and Asahi Kasei Corp. (TYO:) was down 5.17% or 58.50 points to 1,074.00.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 1923 to 1704 and 249 ended unchanged.
The , which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 3.57% to 19.20 a new 1-month low.
Crude oil for June delivery was up 0.81% or 0.64 to $79.90 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in July rose 0.70% or 0.59 to hit $84.47 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 1.25% or 29.25 to trade at $2,369.55 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.09% to 155.60, while EUR/JPY rose 0.04% to 167.70.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.02% at 105.13.
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