Investing.com – Japan equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Precision Instruments, Railway & Bus and Insurance sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 fell 0.76%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were The Kansai Electric Power Co. (T:9503), which rose 3.51% or 54.5 points to trade at 1609.0 at the close. Chubu Electric Power Co., Inc. (T:9502) added 3.26% or 51.0 points to end at 1617.5 and Keio Corp. (T:9008) was up 2.36% or 130.0 points to 5640.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Dainippon Screen Mfg. Co., Ltd. (T:7735), which lost 7.96% or 630.0 points to trade at 7280.0 in late trade. Advantest Corp. (T:6857) declined 7.17% or 189.0 points to end at 2446.0 and Tokyo Electron Ltd. (T:8035) shed 5.95% or 1070.0 points to 16915.0.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 2212 to 1167 and 222 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 2.61% to 16.90.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for October delivery was up 0.30% or 0.20 to $67.97 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in November rose 0.24% or 0.18 to hit $76.68 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.18% or 2.20 to trade at $1206.50 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.04% to 110.71, while EUR/JPY rose 0.16% to 128.93.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.13% at 94.87.