Investing.com – Japan equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Chemical, Retail and Pharmaceutical Industry sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 declined 0.58%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Familymart Ltd (T:8028), which rose 4.67% or 570.0 points to trade at 12770.0 at the close. The Chiba Bank, Ltd. (T:8331) added 3.08% or 24.0 points to end at 803.0 and The Shizuoka Bank, Ltd. (T:8355) was up 2.82% or 29.0 points to 1057.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Tosoh Corp. (T:4042), which lost 5.92% or 104.0 points to trade at 1654.0 in late trade. Chiyoda Corp. (T:6366) declined 5.04% or 46.0 points to end at 867.0 and Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd. (T:5801) shed 4.93% or 190.0 points to 3665.0.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 2506 to 902 and 195 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 8.45% to 18.49 a new 1-month high.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for November delivery was up 0.34% or 0.25 to $74.58 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in December fell 0.06% or 0.05 to hit $84.53 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.08% or 1.00 to trade at $1202.60 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.04% to 113.85, while EUR/JPY fell 0.19% to 130.87.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.13% at 95.55.