Investing.com – Japan equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Precision Instruments, Transportation Equipment and Manufacturing sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 fell 1.28%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Fast Retailing Co., Ltd. (T:9983), which rose 8.07% or 4770.0 points to trade at 63910.0 at the close. Seven & i Holdings Co., Ltd. (T:3382) added 4.88% or 240.0 points to end at 5161.0 and Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. (T:9104) was up 1.39% or 130.0 points to 9500.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Hitachi Construction Machinery Co (T:6305), which lost 16.99% or 609.0 points to trade at 2976.0 in late trade. Toyota Tsusho Corp. (T:8015) declined 5.68% or 310.0 points to end at 5150.0 and Nissan Chemical Industries, Ltd. (T:4021) shed 5.14% or 340.0 points to 6280.0.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 2661 to 914 and 208 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 1.39% to 19.70.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for February delivery was unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 to $82.12 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in March rose 0.25% or 0.21 to hit $84.68 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.31% or 5.65 to trade at $1827.05 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.39% to 113.73, while EUR/JPY fell 0.28% to 130.40.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.05% at 94.725.