Investing.com – Japan equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic, Machinery and Chemical sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 declined 0.56%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Yaskawa Electric Corp. (T:6506), which rose 2.57% or 80.0 points to trade at 3195.0 at the close. Eisai Co., Ltd. (T:4523) added 2.32% or 245.0 points to end at 10795.0 and Tokio Marine Holdings, Inc. (T:8766) was up 2.19% or 119.0 points to 5556.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Credit Saison Co., Ltd. (T:8253), which lost 6.31% or 116.0 points to trade at 1721.0 in late trade. Marui Group Co., Ltd. (T:8252) declined 6.04% or 158.0 points to end at 2460.0 and Rakuten Inc (T:4755) shed 5.95% or 50.2 points to 792.8.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 2330 to 1146 and 197 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 6.67% to 22.39.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for November delivery was up 0.10% or 0.07 to $68.72 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in December rose 0.11% or 0.09 to hit $79.38 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.06% or 0.70 to trade at $1229.40 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.16% to 112.38, while EUR/JPY rose 0.06% to 128.59.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.05% at 95.77.