Investing.com – Japan equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Machinery, Electrical/Machinery and Food sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 lost 0.47%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (TO) (T:8306), which rose 5.68% or 39.0 points to trade at 726.1 at the close. Resona Holdings, Inc. (T:8308) added 5.25% or 29.5 points to end at 591.7 and Nomura Holdings Inc (T:8604) was up 4.84% or 31.5 points to 682.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included DeNA Co Ltd (T:2432), which lost 6.68% or 235.0 points to trade at 3285.0 in late trade. Dainippon Screen Mfg. Co., Ltd. (T:7735) declined 5.51% or 375.0 points to end at 6434.9 and Tokyo Electron Ltd. (T:8035) shed 4.39% or 460.0 points to 10025.0.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1855 to 1173 and 305 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 2.96% to 20.86.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for January delivery was down 0.22% or 0.11 to $50.95 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in February fell 0.63% or 0.34 to hit $53.60 a barrel, while the February Gold contract rose 0.53% or 6.15 to trade at $1175.55 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.06% to 114.04, while EUR/JPY rose 0.16% to 121.81.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.17% at 100.85.