Investing.com – Japan’s stock market was higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the i sectors led indexes higher.

At the close in Tokyo it gained 0.35%.

The best performers were Japan Steel Works Ltd (TYO:), which rose 7.12% or 400.00 points to end the session at 6,015.00. Meanwhile, Mizuho Financial Group Inc (TYO:) added 6.63% or 234.00 points to close at 3,765.00 and Fukuoka Financial Group, Inc. (TYO:) increased by 5.78%, or 228.00 points, to 4,173.00 in the final session.

They performed the worst during the session Dentsu Inc. (TYO:), which fell by 14.59%, or 700.00 points, to reach 4,097.00 at closing. Ebara company. (TYO:) fell 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.

Between 1839 and 1736, the number of falling stocks outnumbered rising ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange, with 286 ending unchanged.

Shares of Mizuho Financial Group Inc (TYO:) surged to five-year highs; gaining 6.63%, or 234.00 to 3765.00. Asahi Group Holdings, Ltd. (TYO:) shares fall to five-year lows; losing 4.42% or 77.50 to 1675.50.

The index, which measures the implied volatility of options on the Nikkei 225, rose 7.41% to 24.79.

Crude oil for December delivery fell 1.30%, or 0.89, to $67.81 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent crude for January delivery fell 1.27%, or 0.92, to $71.64 a barrel, while December gold futures fell 0.29%, or 7.40, reaching a price of $2,565.50 per troy ounce.

USD/JPY fell 0.10% to 156.10, while EUR/JPY rose 0.10% to 164.73.

U.S. Dollar Index futures rose 0.02% to 106.62.