Investing.com – Japan equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Machinery, Shipbuilding and Textile sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 fell 2.01%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Terumo Corp. (T:4543), which rose 5.20% or 319.0 points to trade at 6449.0 at the close. Oji Holdings Corp. (T:3861) added 5.08% or 31.0 points to end at 641.0 and Meiji Holdings Co., Ltd. (T:2269) was up 4.84% or 400.0 points to 8670.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Toyo Seikan Group Holdings, Ltd. (T:5901), which lost 12.62% or 310.0 points to trade at 2146.0 in late trade. Nikon Corp. (T:7731) declined 11.67% or 215.0 points to end at 1627.0 and IHI Corp. (T:7013) shed 7.64% or 260.0 points to 3145.0.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 2954 to 594 and 144 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 0.87% to 17.15.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for March delivery was down 0.36% or 0.19 to $52.45 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in April fell 0.13% or 0.08 to hit $61.55 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 0.13% or 1.65 to trade at $1312.55 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was unchanged 0.00% to 109.80, while EUR/JPY fell 0.11% to 124.42.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.14% at 96.422.