Japan stocks higher at close of trade; Nikkei 225 up 0.17%

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 0.17%.

The best performers of the session on the were Tokyo Electron Ltd. (TYO:), which rose 2.22% or 335.00 points to trade at 15,400.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Okuma Corp. (TYO:) added 2.15% or 120.00 points to end at 5,700.00 and Ricoh Co., Ltd. (TYO:) was up 2.03% or 20.00 points to 1,007.00 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Seven & i Holdings Co., Ltd. (TYO:), which fell 4.02% or 236.00 points to trade at 5,636.00 at the close. Yamato Holdings Co., Ltd. (TYO:) declined 2.06% or 47.00 points to end at 2,236.00 and Tokyo Electric Power Co., Inc. (TYO:) was down 2.02% or 10.00 points to 486.00.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 1950 to 1560 and 300 ended unchanged.

The , which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 0.57% to 17.72.

Crude oil for May delivery was down 0.17% or 0.14 to $80.47 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in June fell 0.06% or 0.05 to hit $84.94 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 0.57% or 11.70 to trade at $2,023.90 a troy ounce.

USD/JPY was up 0.08% to 131.87, while EUR/JPY rose 0.06% to 143.99.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.06% at 101.61.