Investing.com – Japan equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic, Transportation Equipment and Shipbuilding sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 declined 1.36%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Pacific Metals Co., Ltd. (TYO:5541), which rose 14.44% or 184.00 points to trade at 1,458.00 at the close. Rakuten Inc (TYO:4755) added 3.51% or 23.20 points to end at 684.70 and Nippon Sheet Glass Co., Ltd. (TYO:5202) was up 2.71% or 16.00 points to 606.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Advantest Corp. (TYO:6857), which lost 5.51% or 333.00 points to trade at 5,716.00 in late trade. SUMCO Corp. (TYO:3436) declined 4.54% or 108.00 points to end at 2,272.50 and Tokyo Electric Power Co., Inc. (TYO:9501) shed 3.96% or 31.20 points to 756.20.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 2461 to 1180 and 250 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 6.36% to 19.72.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for March delivery was down 0.61% or 0.47 to $76.89 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in March fell 0.40% or 0.33 to hit $82.10 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.22% or 4.45 to trade at $2,022.25 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.10% to 147.79, while EUR/JPY rose 0.01% to 160.17.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.00% at 103.36.