Investing.com – Japan equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Power, Food and Gas & Water sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 fell 0.71%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Central Japan Railway Co. (TYO:9022), which rose 2.11% or 350.00 points to trade at 16,940.00 at the close. East Japan Railway Co. (TYO:9020) added 1.89% or 142.00 points to end at 7,663.00 and West Japan Railway Co. (TYO:9021) was up 1.81% or 101.00 points to 5,671.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Seven & i Holdings Co., Ltd. (TYO:3382), which lost 3.50% or 199.00 points to trade at 5,486.00 in late trade. IHI Corp. (TYO:7013) declined 2.93% or 95.00 points to end at 3,145.00 and Sumitomo Osaka Cement Co., Ltd. (TYO:5232) shed 2.87% or 95.00 points to 3,210.00.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 2345 to 1116 and 291 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 2.47% to 22.88.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for November delivery was up 0.41% or 0.36 to $88.81 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in December rose 0.41% or 0.39 to hit $94.81 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.07% or 1.15 to trade at $1,719.65 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.11% to 144.96, while EUR/JPY fell 0.02% to 142.07.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.08% at 112.09.