Japan stocks higher at close of trade; Nikkei 225 up 1.27% By Investing.com

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 1.27% to hit a new 1-month high.

The best performers of the session on the were Pacific Metals Co., Ltd. (TYO:), which rose 6.47% or 176.00 points to trade at 2,895.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Fast Retailing Co., Ltd. (TYO:) added 5.86% or 3,700.00 points to end at 66,850.00 and Z Holdings Corp (TYO:) was up 5.09% or 21.50 points to 443.50 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Tosoh Corp. (TYO:), which fell 3.28% or 62.00 points to trade at 1,829.00 at the close. Toho Co., Ltd. (TYO:) declined 2.30% or 120.00 points to end at 5,090.00 and Credit Saison Co., Ltd. (TYO:) was down 2.25% or 35.00 points to 1,518.00.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 1889 to 1607 and 260 ended unchanged.

The , which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 1.26% to 19.56 a new 1-month low.

Crude oil for July delivery was down 0.68% or 0.79 to $116.08 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in August fell 0.57% or 0.67 to hit $116.94 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.11% or 2.10 to trade at $1,869.30 a troy ounce.

USD/JPY was up 0.03% to 129.88, while EUR/JPY rose 0.09% to 139.62.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.09% at 101.74.