Investing.com – Japan equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Banking, Insurance and Steel sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 lost 0.11%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding (TYO:7003), which rose 5.34% or 29.00 points to trade at 572.00 at the close. Seven & i Holdings Co., Ltd. (TYO:3382) added 5.31% or 292.00 points to end at 5,787.00 and Trend Micro Inc. (TYO:4704) was up 4.51% or 339.00 points to 7,853.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Rakuten Inc (TYO:4755), which lost 4.39% or 25.70 points to trade at 560.00 in late trade. Taiyo Yuden Co., Ltd. (TYO:6976) declined 3.63% or 139.00 points to end at 3,695.00 and CyberAgent Inc (TYO:4751) shed 3.11% or 27.80 points to 866.80.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 2113 to 1519 and 240 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 5.70% to 17.05.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for January delivery was down 0.14% or 0.11 to $75.85 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in February fell 0.32% or 0.26 to hit $80.60 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.16% or 3.20 to trade at $2,041.30 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.08% to 148.07, while EUR/JPY rose 0.09% to 161.50.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.14% at 103.28.