Japan's stock market closed Friday trading with a growth by strengthening the sectors of mechanical engineering, mining and insurance.
At the close of the Tokyo Stock Exchange, Nikkei 225 rose 0.29%.
The leaders of growth among the components of the Nikkei 225 index at the end of Friday's trading were the shares of Taiheiyo Cement Corp. (TOKYO: 5233), which went up by 19.0 p. (4.75%), closing at 419.0. Quotes of Nikon Corp. (TOKYO: 7731) rose 71.0 p. (4.70%), ending the trade at 1.582.0. Papers of Daikin Industries, Ltd. (TOKYO: 6367) rose 346.0 p. (4.09%), closing at 8.796.0.
Leaders of falling were shares of Mitsumi Electric Co., Ltd. (TOKYO: 6767), the price of which fell 70.0 p. (8.59%), ending the session at around 745.0. Shares of Konica Minolta, Inc. (TOKYO: 4902) rose 134.0 p. (8.52%), closing at 1439.0 and Ricoh Co., Ltd. (TOKYO: 7752) fell in price by 58.0 p. (4.65%) and closed the trading at around 1188.5.
On the Tokyo Stock Exchange, the number of declining securities (992) exceeded the number that closed in positive area (886).
Volatility Index of Nikkei Volatility, which is based on the trade performance options on the Nikkei 225, rose 0.23% to reach 17.78.
Futures of WTI crude oil for September delivery added 0.39%, or 0.18, reaching $ 44.84 per barrel. As for other commodities, the price of Brent crude oil for September delivery rose 0.47%, or 0.24, to $ 49.76 a barrel. Gold futures for December delivery rose 0.23%, or 2.50, to $ 1092.60 for an ounce.
Meanwhile the pair USD/JPY rose 0.04% to 124.80, and quotes of EUR/JPY fell 0.04%, reaching 136.19.
The USD Index rose 0.11% to 97.98.
US stocks fell on Thursday due to weak quarterly reports of media sector. The Dow Jones fell 0.69 %, S & P 500 by 0.78 %, while the Nasdaq Composite by 1.62 %. 8 out of 10 sector indices of S&P ended the day in negative area; the largest drops, by 2.1 %, were in the pharmaceutical sector. In particular, shares of pharmaceutical company Allergan reported a loss in the second quarter by 5.1 %.
Stock indexes in Western Europe declined during Thursday trading on weak statements of a number of companies, and lower commodity prices, reports Bloomberg.
The composite index of the largest companies of Stoxx Europe 600 finished the session with a record loss from July 27 of 0.8%, to 400.70 points. From the beginning of the year, the indicator increased by 17%.
The British FTSE 100 index fell 0.08%, the French CAC 40 lost 0.09%, and the German DAX fell 0.44%. The index value of the largest Eurozone enterprises of Dow Jones Euro Stoxx 50 fell 0.23%.