Investing.com – Japan equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Mining, Transportation Equipment and Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 fell 0.30%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Konica Minolta, Inc. (TYO:4902), which rose 9.75% or 39.40 points to trade at 443.70 at the close. Fujitsu Ltd. (TYO:6702) added 5.98% or 1,260.00 points to end at 22,340.00 and J.Front Retailing Co., Ltd. (TYO:3086) was up 5.85% or 80.00 points to 1,448.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Aozora Bank, Ltd. (TYO:8304), which lost 15.92% or 407.00 points to trade at 2,150.00 in late trade. Mitsubishi Motors Corp. (TYO:7211) declined 5.21% or 24.60 points to end at 448.00 and Alps Electric Co., Ltd. (TYO:6770) shed 3.97% or 43.00 points to 1,041.00.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 2056 to 1579 and 252 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 0.64% to 18.96.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for March delivery was up 0.34% or 0.25 to $74.07 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in April rose 0.38% or 0.30 to hit $79.00 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 0.08% or 1.70 to trade at $2,072.80 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.01% to 146.40, while EUR/JPY rose 0.04% to 159.28.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.03% at 102.84.