Investing.com – Japan equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Precision Instruments, Steel and Automobiles & Parts sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 lost 0.25%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Chiyoda Corp. (T:6366), which rose 14.27% or 135.0 points to trade at 1081.0 at the close. JGC Corp. (T:1963) added 6.20% or 148.0 points to end at 2537.0 and Rakuten Inc (T:4755) was up 4.53% or 44.2 points to 1020.5 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Mitsubishi Motors Corp. (T:7211), which lost 4.86% or 43.0 points to trade at 841.5 in late trade. JX Holdings, Inc. (T:5020) declined 4.36% or 33.6 points to end at 736.9 and Taiheiyo Cement Corp. (T:5233) shed 4.27% or 207.6 points to 4652.5.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1840 to 1494 and 246 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 2.76% to 16.78.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for March delivery was up 0.11% or 0.07 to $65.58 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in March rose 0.01% or 0.01 to hit $70.43 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract fell 0.57% or 7.80 to trade at $1355.10 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.37% to 109.00, while EUR/JPY rose 0.33% to 136.10.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.65% at 88.61.