Investing.com – Japanese stocks were higher after Thursday’s close as gains in the , and sectors sent shares higher.
At the close in Tokyo, the stock rose 1.27% to hit a new one-month high.
The best artists of the session on the were Advantest Corp. (TYO:), which rose 5.10% or 430.00 points to trade at 8,865.00 at the close. In the meantime, DeNA Co Ltd (TYO:) added 5.04% or 123.50 points to end at 2,573.50 and Chubu Electric Power Co., Inc. (TYO:) rose 4.54% or 70.50 points to 1,624.00 in late trading.
The worst performers of the session were SUMCO Corp. (TYO:), which fell 2.56% or 31.00 points to trade at 1,180.00 at the close. Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. (TYO:) fell 2.16% or 7.90 points to end at 357.00 and Taiyo Yuden Co., Ltd. (TYO:) fell 1.93% or 42.50 points to 2,158.00.
In 2010, rising stocks outnumbered declining stocks on the Tokyo Stock Exchange, reaching 1,557 and 311 ending unchanged.
Shares in DeNA Co Ltd (TYO:) rose to a five-year high; gain of 5.04% or 123.50 to 2,573.50.
The , which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, fell 6.50% to 21.43.
January crude oil deliveries rose 0.10%, or 0.07, to $70.36 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent crude for February delivery rose 0.20%, or 0.15, to $73.67 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract fell 0.18%, or 4.84, to $2,751. 86 per troy ounce.
USD/JPY was unchanged 0.00% at 152.45, while EUR/JPY rose 0.21% to 160.36.
US Dollar Index Futures fell 0.22% to 106.16.
