Japan stocks higher at close of trade; Nikkei 225 up 0.15% By Investing.com

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

At the close in Tokyo, the rose 0.15% to hit a new all time high.

The best performers of the session on the were Sharp Corp (TYO:), which rose 5.31% or 44.60 points to trade at 884.40 at the close. Meanwhile, Suzuki Motor Corp. (TYO:) added 3.74% or 246.00 points to end at 6,828.00 and Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. (TYO:) was up 3.47% or 21.60 points to 643.20 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Chugai Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. (TYO:), which fell 3.75% or 229.00 points to trade at 5,871.00 at the close. Advantest Corp. (TYO:) declined 2.92% or 197.00 points to end at 6,550.00 and Komatsu Ltd. (TYO:) was down 2.15% or 99.00 points to 4,507.00.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 2110 to 1508 and 259 ended unchanged.

The , which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 3.44% to 18.83 a new 1-month low.

Crude oil for May delivery was down 0.64% or 0.52 to $80.55 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in May fell 0.64% or 0.55 to hit $85.23 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 0.46% or 10.00 to trade at $2,174.70 a troy ounce.

USD/JPY was down 0.12% to 151.43, while EUR/JPY fell 0.37% to 164.05.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.22% at 103.89.