Investing.com – Japanese stocks were higher after Friday’s close as gains in the , and sectors pushed stocks higher.
At the close in Tokyo, the price rose 0.35%.
The best performers of the session on the exchange were Japan Steel Works Ltd (TYO:), which rose 7.12% or 400.00 points to close at 6,015.00. Meanwhile, Mizuho Financial Group Inc (TYO:) added 6.63% or 234.00 points to end at 3,765.00 and Fukuoka Financial Group, Inc. (TYO:) rose 5.78% or 228.00 points to 4,173.00 in late trading.
The worst performers of the session were Dentsu Inc. (TYO:), which fell 14.59% or 700.00 points to trade at 4,097.00 at the close. Ebara Corp. (TYO:) fell by 5.04% or 123.50 points to end at 2,327.00 and Asahi Group Holdings, Ltd. (TYO:) fell 4.42% or 77.50 points to 1,675.50.
From 1839 to 1736, falling stocks outnumbered rising stocks on the Tokyo Stock Exchange, and 286 ended unchanged.
Shares in Mizuho Financial Group Inc (TYO:) rose to a five-year high; gain from 6.63% or 234.00 to 3,765.00. The shares in Asahi Group Holdings, Ltd. (TYO:) fell to its lowest level in five years; losing 4.42% or 77.50 to 1,675.50.
The , which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, rose 7.41% to 24.79.
Crude oil for December fell 1.30%, or 0.89, to $67.81 per barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent crude for January delivery fell 1.27% or 0.92 to $71.64 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.29% or 7.40 to $2,565. 50 per troy ounce.
USD/JPY fell 0.10% to 156.10, while EUR/JPY rose 0.10% to 164.73.
US Dollar Index Futures rose 0.02% to 106.62.
