Investing.com – Japan equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Power, Retail and Steel sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 declined 0.03%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Meidensha Corp. (T:6508), which rose 4.88% or 20.0 points to trade at 430.0 at the close. Credit Saison Co., Ltd. (T:8253) added 4.43% or 99.0 points to end at 2335.0 and Toshiba Corp. (T:6502) was up 3.61% or 11.0 points to 315.5 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Yamato Holdings Co., Ltd. (T:9064), which lost 6.87% or 167.5 points to trade at 2271.5 in late trade. Tokyo Gas Co., Ltd. (T:9531) declined 3.02% or 86.0 points to end at 2758.0 and Familymart Ltd (T:8028) shed 2.47% or 150.0 points to 5930.0.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1706 to 1529 and 254 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 3.12% to 14.56.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for November delivery was up 0.31% or 0.16 to $51.72 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in December rose 0.28% or 0.16 to hit $57.32 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.23% or 3.01 to trade at $1291.71 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.12% to 112.43, while EUR/JPY rose 0.23% to 132.67.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.01% at 92.96.