Japanese stocks up at close; Nikkei 225 rose 2.57% Via Investing.com

Investing.com – Japan stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the , and sectors propelled shares higher.

At the close in Tokyo, it gained 2.57% to hit a new one-month high.

The best performers of the session on the were Lasertec Corp (TYO: ), which rose 8.19% or 1,985.00 points to trade at 26,235.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Isetan Mitsukoshi Holdings Ltd. (TYO:) added 7.09% or 165.00 points to end at 2,491.00 and Ebara Corp. (TYO: ) was up 6.77% or 154.50 points to trade at 2,436.50 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Sumitomo Mitsui Financial (TYO: ), which declined 3.38% or 103.50 points to trade at 2,954.50 at the close. SoftBank Corp (TYO: ) declined 3.24% or 6.40 points to end at 191.30 and Nichirei Corp. (TYO: ) traded down 2.80% or 126.00 points to 4,369.00.

Declining stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange through 1953 to 1712 and 190 ended unchanged.

Shares in Sumitomo Mitsui Financial ( TYO: ) fell to 3-year lows; down 3.38% or 103.50 to 2,954.50. Shares of SoftBank Corp (TYO: ) fell to a low; losing 3.24% or 6.40 to 191.30.

which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, rose 5.01% to 26.01.

Crude oil for November delivery rose 0.31%, or 0.21, to $67.88 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodity trading, Brent crude for December delivery was up 0.27%, or 0.19, at $71.28 a barrel, while December gold futures were down 0.19 % or 5.10, to $2,689.80 a troy ounce.

USD/JPY fell 0.87% to 143.54, while EUR/JPY fell 0.93% to 160.38.

US dollar index futures were down 0.02% at 100.23.