Investing.com – Japan equities were lower at the close on Friday, as in the sectors propelled shares .
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 unchanged 0.00%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Dainippon Screen Mfg. Co., Ltd. (T:7735), which rose 2.82% or 340.0 points to trade at 12400.0 at the close. NTN Corp. (T:6472) added 2.60% or 6.0 points to end at 237.0 and Hitachi Zosen Corp. (T:7004) was up 2.55% or 20.0 points to 804.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Mitsubishi Electric Corp (T:6503), which lost 2.31% or 35.0 points to trade at 1481.0 in late trade. Nippon Telegraph & Telephone Corp (T:9432) declined 2.16% or 69.0 points to end at 3130.0 and Keio Corp. (T:9008) shed 2.12% or 110.0 points to 5070.0.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1946 to 1579 and 294 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0% to 21.01.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for February delivery was up 1.32% or 0.96 to $73.72 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in March fell 0.10% or 0.08 to hit $76.52 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.01% or 0.25 to trade at $1810.10 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.02% to 114.39, while EUR/JPY rose 0.04% to 129.62.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.02% at 96.035.