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 1.58%.
The best performers of the session on the were Sony Corp (T:), which rose 4.72% or 550.0 points to trade at 12200.0 at the close. Meanwhile, Nitto Denko Co (T:) added 4.57% or 430.0 points to end at 9840.0 and Taiyo Yuden Co., Ltd. (T:) was up 4.50% or 240.0 points to 5570.0 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were CyberAgent Inc (T:), which fell 3.42% or 69.0 points to trade at 1951.0 at the close. Kansai Electric Power Co Inc (T:) declined 3.01% or 35.0 points to end at 1129.0 and Marubeni Corp. (T:) was down 2.45% or 22.3 points to 889.0.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 2081 to 1440 and 216 ended unchanged.
The , which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0% to 21.04.
Crude oil for May delivery was up 3.62% or 2.14 to $61.30 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in June rose 0.05% or 0.03 to hit $64.67 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 0.87% or 14.85 to trade at $1730.45 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.07% to 110.53, while EUR/JPY fell 0.04% to 130.18.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.36% at 92.903.
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