Investing.com – Japan equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Shipbuilding, Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic and Mining sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 lost 0.16%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Trend Micro Inc. (TYO:4704), which rose 13.52% or 820.00 points to trade at 6,885.00 at the close. Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding (TYO:7003) added 12.64% or 55.00 points to end at 490.00 and Resonac Holdings Corp (TYO:4004) was up 10.47% or 246.50 points to 2,600.50 in late trade.
Biggest losers included JGC Corp. (TYO:1963), which lost 11.65% or 215.50 points to trade at 1,634.50 in late trade. Nippon Sheet Glass Co., Ltd. (TYO:5202) declined 11.54% or 83.00 points to end at 636.00 and Nikon Corp. (TYO:7731) shed 10.53% or 162.00 points to 1,376.50.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1896 to 1733 and 232 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 0.45% to 20.03.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for December delivery was up 0.45% or 0.34 to $76.08 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in January rose 0.52% or 0.42 to hit $80.43 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.38% or 7.55 to trade at $1,962.25 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.02% to 151.38, while EUR/JPY rose 0.02% to 161.48.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.01% at 105.76.