Japanese stocks are up at the close; The Nikkei 225 rose 0.69% 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 0.69%.

The best performers of the session on the were Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd. (TYO: ), which rose 4.71% or 162.00 points to trade at 3,600.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Merchants Inc (TYO: ) added 4.31% or 98.00 points to end at 2,373.50 and Murata Mfg Co (TYO: ) was up 4.16% or 121.00 points to trade at 3,033.00 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Terumo Corp. (TYO: ), which decreased 2.94% or 81.50 points to trade at 2,689.50 at the close. Nitori Holdings Co Ltd (TYO: ) declined 2.88% or 645.00 points to end at 21,720.00 and Aeon Co., Ltd. (TYO: ) decreased 1.88% or 70.00 points to 3,649.00.

Advancers outnumbered decliners on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 2,422 to 1,198, with 243 ending unchanged.

which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, fell 4.99% to 22.47.

Crude oil for October delivery rose 0.41%, or 0.31, to $76.22 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodity trading, Brent crude for November delivery rose 0.44%, or 0.35, to $79.17 a barrel, while December gold futures fell 0.24 % or 6.10 to $2,554.20 per troy ounce.

USD/JPY rose 0.04% to 145.04, while EUR/JPY rose 0.04% to 160.67.

US dollar index futures rose 0.04% to 101.32.