Investing.com – Japan equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Steel, Electrical/Machinery and Power sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 lost 0.19%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Daiwa House Industry Co., Ltd. (TOKYO:1925), which rose 3.81% or 112.0 points to trade at 3048.0 at the close. Uny Group Holdings Co., Ltd. (TOKYO:8270) added 2.96% or 21.0 points to end at 730.0 and Konami Corp. (TOKYO:9766) was up 2.93% or 76.0 points to 2673.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Fujikura Ltd. (TOKYO:5803), which lost 4.36% or 26.0 points to trade at 570.0 in late trade. Nitto Denko Co (TOKYO:6988) declined 4.00% or 304.0 points to end at 7294.0 and Mitsubishi Electric Corp. (TOKYO:6503) shed 3.96% or 47.5 points to 1150.5.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1306 to 568 and 2 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 11.97% to 31.70.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for October delivery was down 1.28% or 0.59 to $45.33 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in October fell 0.92% or 0.45 to hit $48.44 a barrel, while the December Gold contract fell 0.02% or 0.20 to trade at $1109.10 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.06% to 120.69, while EUR/JPY rose 0.02% to 136.09.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.01% at 95.55.