Investing.com – Japan equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Transportation Equipment, Power and Textile sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 fell 0.80%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Mitsubishi Motors Corp. (TYO:7211), which rose 4.16% or 16.40 points to trade at 410.50 at the close. Omron Cor (TYO:6645) added 3.72% or 180.00 points to end at 5,015.00 and Rakuten Inc (TYO:4755) was up 3.44% or 28.70 points to 862.90 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Japan Steel Works Ltd (TYO:5631), which lost 4.30% or 280.00 points to trade at 6,232.00 in late trade. Fujikura Ltd. (TYO:5803) declined 3.97% or 253.00 points to end at 6,122.00 and Sumitomo Electric Industries Ltd. (TYO:5802) shed 3.96% or 121.00 points to 2,931.00.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 2041 to 1517 and 307 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 4.51% to 22.23.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for January delivery was down 0.07% or 0.05 to $68.25 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in February fell 0.18% or 0.13 to hit $71.96 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.47% or 12.49 to trade at $2,660.89 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.04% to 150.01, while EUR/JPY fell 0.24% to 158.53.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.14% at 105.84.