Investing.com – Japan equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Communication, Steel and Transportation Equipment sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 lost 0.22%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Sumitomo Realty & Development Co. (TYO:8830), which rose 5.49% or 249.00 points to trade at 4,781.00 at the close. Mitsubishi Estate Co Ltd (TYO:8802) added 4.10% or 84.50 points to end at 2,145.50 and Tokyu Fudosan (TYO:3289) was up 4.06% or 36.50 points to 936.60 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Toppan Printing Co., Ltd. (TYO:7911), which lost 7.29% or 303.00 points to trade at 3,855.00 in late trade. Resona Holdings, Inc. (TYO:8308) declined 5.02% or 58.50 points to end at 1,106.50 and Yamato Holdings Co., Ltd. (TYO:9064) shed 3.77% or 67.50 points to 1,723.50.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 2190 to 1439 and 257 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 7.92% to 21.12.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for January delivery was down 0.30% or 0.21 to $69.02 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in February fell 0.51% or 0.37 to hit $72.51 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.48% or 12.39 to trade at $2,620.49 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.31% to 156.93, while EUR/JPY fell 0.17% to 162.85.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.13% at 108.01.