Investing.com – Japan equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic, Railway & Bus and Shipbuilding sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 fell 0.88%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Hino Motors, Ltd. (TYO:7205), which rose 5.04% or 30.00 points to trade at 625.00 at the close. Fujitsu Ltd. (TYO:6702) added 3.14% or 525.00 points to end at 17,250.00 and Advantest Corp. (TYO:6857) was up 2.39% or 180.00 points to 7,700.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Fanuc Corp. (TYO:6954), which lost 5.47% or 1,125.00 points to trade at 19,430.00 in late trade. Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd. (TYO:9107) declined 5.05% or 115.00 points to end at 2,162.00 and Yaskawa Electric Corp. (TYO:6506) shed 3.48% or 145.00 points to 4,025.00.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 2254 to 1249 and 257 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 1.80% to 23.44.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for December delivery was down 1.55% or 1.38 to $87.70 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in January fell 1.24% or 1.18 to hit $93.86 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.59% or 9.75 to trade at $1,655.85 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.58% to 147.13, while EUR/JPY rose 0.45% to 146.37.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.25% at 110.73.