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 0.27%.
The best performers of the session on the were TOTO Ltd. (TYO:), which rose 18.43% or 1,000.00 points to trade at 6,425.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Sumitomo Corp. (TYO:) added 17.12% or 1,000.00 points to end at 6,840.00 and Toyota Tsusho Corp. (TYO:) was up 12.57% or 767.00 points to 6,868.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Alps Alpine Co., Ltd (TYO:), which fell 14.96% or 354.00 points to trade at 2,012.50 at the close. Nippon Electric Glass Co., Ltd. (TYO:) declined 13.66% or 1,113.00 points to end at 7,032.00 and Marubeni Corp. (TYO:) was down 5.22% or 317.00 points to 5,755.00.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 1922 to 1586 and 266 ended unchanged.
Shares in TOTO Ltd. (TYO:) rose to 3-years highs; rising 18.43% or 1,000.00 to 6,425.00. Shares in Sumitomo Corp. (TYO:) rose to all time highs; rising 17.12% or 1,000.00 to 6,840.00.
The , which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 9.87% to 28.58.
Crude oil for June delivery was up 0.78% or 0.82 to $105.89 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in July rose 1.28% or 1.41 to hit $111.81 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 0.55% or 25.41 to trade at $4,604.19 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.21% to 156.17, while EUR/JPY fell 0.26% to 183.26.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.01% at 97.90.
