Japanese stocks are up at the close; The Nikkei 225 rose 0.42% by 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 was up 0.42%.

The best performers of the session on the were Fast Retailing Co., Ltd. (TYO: ), which traded up 6.09% or 3,130.00 points to trade at 54,490.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Fujikura Ltd. (TYO:) added 5.53% or 286.00 points to end at 5,456.00 and Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd. (TYO: ) was up 4.66% or 169.00 points to trade at 3,792.00 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Mitsubishi Estate Co Ltd (TYO: ), which fell 2.84% or 69.00 points to 2,359.50 at the close. Yokohama Rubber Co Ltd (TYO: ) declined 2.63% or 86.00 points to end at 3,180.00 and Kansai Electric Power Co Inc (TYO: ) declined 2.55% or 67.00 points, up to 2,564.00.

Declining stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 2,258 to 1,287, with 304 ending unchanged.

Shares of Fast Retailing Co., Ltd. (TYO:) rose to all-time highs; up 6.09% or 3,130.00 to 54,490.00. Shares of Fujikura Ltd. (TYO:) rose to all-time highs; up 5.53% or 286.00 to 5,456.00.

which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, fell 4.35% to 32.08.

Crude oil for November delivery rose 2.62%, or 1.92, to $75.16 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodity trading, Brent crude for December delivery rose 2.69%, or 2.06, to $78.64 a barrel, while December gold futures rose 1.24 % or 32.45, to $2,658.45 per troy ounce.

USD/JPY rose 0.19% to 148.84, while EUR/JPY fell 0.29% to 162.80.

US dollar index futures rose 0.01% to 102.71.