Investing.com – Japan equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Real Estate, Mining and Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 lost 0.41%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. (T:9104), which rose 3.98% or 360.0 points to trade at 9400.0 at the close. Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd. (T:9107) added 3.45% or 260.0 points to end at 7800.0 and Nippon Yusen K.K (T:9101) was up 2.80% or 280.0 points to 10280.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Fanuc Corp. (T:6954), which lost 5.79% or 1320.0 points to trade at 21460.0 in late trade. Nikon Corp. (T:7731) declined 4.25% or 58.0 points to end at 1307.0 and Trend Micro Inc. (T:4704) shed 3.67% or 220.0 points to 5780.0.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1947 to 1554 and 275 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 13.43% to 24.36.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for March delivery was down 0.82% or 0.75 to $91.01 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in April fell 0.79% or 0.73 to hit $92.24 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 0.41% or 7.80 to trade at $1894.20 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.12% to 115.07, while EUR/JPY rose 0.22% to 130.85.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.06% at 95.750.