Investing.com – Japan equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Shipbuilding, Steel and Glass sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 fell 0.34%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were DeNA Co Ltd (T:2432), which rose 4.09% or 107.0 points to trade at 2721.0 at the close. Rakuten Inc (T:4755) added 3.52% or 41.5 points to end at 1221.5 and Nichirei Corp. (T:2871) was up 3.51% or 86.0 points to 2533.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Fast Retailing Co., Ltd. (T:9983), which lost 6.74% or 2870.0 points to trade at 39720.0 in late trade. Yamaha Motor Co Ltd (T:7272) declined 3.73% or 98.0 points to end at 2530.0 and Sumitomo Electric Industries Ltd. (T:5802) shed 3.17% or 54.0 points to 1650.0.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1645 to 1385 and 337 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 1.63% to 19.96.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for February delivery was down 0.22% or 0.12 to $53.64 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in March fell 0.25% or 0.14 to hit $56.75 a barrel, while the February Gold contract fell 0.55% or 6.55 to trade at $1174.75 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.73% to 116.20, while EUR/JPY rose 0.47% to 122.91.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.36% at 101.75.