Investing.com – Japan equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Steel, Warehousing and Shipbuilding sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 lost 1.11%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Fukuoka Financial Group, Inc. (TYO:8354), which rose 4.25% or 108.00 points to trade at 2,650.00 at the close. Resona Holdings, Inc. (TYO:8308) added 3.57% or 19.00 points to end at 551.40 and Shizuoka Bank Ltd (TYO:8355) was up 3.52% or 29.00 points to 852.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd. (TYO:9107), which lost 5.10% or 410.00 points to trade at 7,630.00 in late trade. Nippon Express Co., Ltd. (TYO:9147) declined 4.99% or 380.00 points to end at 7,240.00 and Trend Micro Inc. (TYO:4704) shed 4.76% or 400.00 points to 8,010.00.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 2499 to 1063 and 228 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 2.47% to 20.18.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for October delivery was up 0.33% or 0.28 to $85.38 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in November rose 0.65% or 0.59 to hit $91.43 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.53% or 8.95 to trade at $1,668.35 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.12% to 143.35, while EUR/JPY fell 0.25% to 143.13.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.14% at 109.61.