Investing.com – Japan equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic, Shipbuilding and Electrical/Machinery sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 lost 0.04% to hit a new 1-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Seven & i Holdings Co., Ltd. (TYO:3382), which rose 2.30% or 125.00 points to trade at 5,551.00 at the close. J.Front Retailing Co., Ltd. (TYO:3086) added 2.06% or 23.00 points to end at 1,139.00 and Recruit Holdings Co Ltd (TYO:6098) was up 2.04% or 91.00 points to 4,544.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Pacific Metals Co., Ltd. (TYO:5541), which lost 2.41% or 57.00 points to trade at 2,304.00 in late trade. Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (TYO:7011) declined 2.38% or 125.00 points to end at 5,128.00 and Marui Group Co., Ltd. (TYO:8252) shed 2.17% or 54.00 points to 2,433.00.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 2331 to 1174 and 284 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 7.58% to 21.42 a new 1-month high.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for October delivery was up 2.40% or 2.08 to $88.69 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in November rose 2.31% or 2.13 to hit $94.49 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.24% or 4.10 to trade at $1,713.40 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.03% to 140.24, while EUR/JPY rose 0.47% to 140.07.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.31% at 109.34.