Investing.com – Japan equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Electrical/Machinery, Power and Marine Transport sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 declined 1.84% to hit a new 1-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Shinsei Bank, Ltd. (TYO:8303), which rose 6.96% or 135.00 points to trade at 2,075.00 at the close. Unitika, Ltd. (TYO:3103) added 2.41% or 7.00 points to end at 298.00 and Oki Electric Industry Co., Ltd. (TYO:6703) was up 1.84% or 13.00 points to 718.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Mazda Motor Corp (TYO:7261), which lost 8.17% or 85.00 points to trade at 956.00 in late trade. Mitsubishi Motors Corp. (TYO:7211) declined 7.99% or 45.00 points to end at 518.00 and Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. (TYO:7201) shed 6.31% or 31.00 points to 460.20.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 2841 to 751 and 171 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 4.94% to 25.03.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for November delivery was up 0.78% or 0.63 to $81.86 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in December rose 0.87% or 0.76 to hit $87.94 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.62% or 10.35 to trade at $1,678.95 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.05% to 144.38, while EUR/JPY fell 0.10% to 141.64.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.21% at 111.96.