Investing.com – Japan equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Gas & Water, Mining and Power sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 fell 0.16%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Toshiba Corp. (T:6502), which rose 9.06% or 23.5 points to trade at 282.8 at the close. Nippon Suisan Kaisha, Ltd. (T:1332) added 2.74% or 15.0 points to end at 562.0 and Advantest Corp. (T:6857) was up 1.97% or 38.0 points to 1968.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Fast Retailing Co., Ltd. (T:9983), which lost 1.95% or 830.0 points to trade at 41830.0 in late trade. Taiheiyo Cement Corp. (T:5233) declined 1.85% or 7.0 points to end at 370.5 and Tokyo Electric Power Co., Inc. (T:9501) shed 1.56% or 7.5 points to 473.0.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1767 to 1181 and 387 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 4.23% to 21.17 a new 1-month high.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for February delivery was up 0.41% or 0.22 to $53.99 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in March rose 0.55% or 0.31 to hit $57.16 a barrel, while the February Gold contract rose 0.24% or 2.75 to trade at $1160.85 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.21% to 116.81, while EUR/JPY rose 0.56% to 122.95.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.19% at 102.46.