Investing.com – Japan equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Machinery, Precision Instruments and Communication sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 declined 2.02%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Showa Denko K.K. (T:4004), which rose 1.61% or 60.0 points to trade at 3790.0 at the close. Mitsubishi Estate Co Ltd (T:8802) added 1.51% or 27.5 points to end at 1846.5 and Isetan Mitsukoshi Holdings Ltd. (T:3099) was up 1.37% or 18.0 points to 1333.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Tokyo Dome Corp. (T:9681), which lost 7.65% or 75.0 points to trade at 905.0 in late trade. Yahoo Japan Corp. (T:4689) declined 5.73% or 18.0 points to end at 296.0 and Tokyo Electron Ltd. (T:8035) shed 5.46% or 770.0 points to 13345.0.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 2871 to 703 and 144 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 7.72% to 19.59.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for January delivery was down 0.38% or 0.20 to $52.38 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in February fell 0.65% or 0.40 to hit $61.05 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract fell 0.36% or 4.50 to trade at $1242.90 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.03% to 113.59, while EUR/JPY fell 0.35% to 128.64.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.32% at 97.365.