Investing.com – Japan equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic, Services and Glass sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 lost 0.57%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Sumitomo Dainippon Pharma Co Ltd (T:4506), which rose 4.85% or 136.0 points to trade at 2938.0 at the close. Inpex Corp. (T:1605) added 2.81% or 34.5 points to end at 1263.5 and Chugai Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. (T:4519) was up 2.61% or 180.0 points to 7080.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Showa Denko K.K. (T:4004), which lost 8.61% or 400.0 points to trade at 4245.0 in late trade. SUMCO Corp. (T:3436) declined 7.96% or 131.0 points to end at 1515.0 and Tokai Carbon Co., Ltd. (T:5301) shed 7.62% or 123.0 points to 1492.0.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 2479 to 1036 and 174 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 1.30% to 22.60.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for December delivery was up 1.54% or 0.87 to $57.33 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in January rose 1.62% or 1.08 to hit $67.70 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.23% or 2.80 to trade at $1217.80 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.31% to 113.30, while EUR/JPY fell 0.04% to 128.69.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.10% at 96.69.