Investing.com – Japan equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Transportation Equipment, Construction and Shipbuilding sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 lost 0.30%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Okuma Corp. (T:6103), which rose 4.87% or 40.0 points to trade at 862.0 at the close. Mitsubishi Motors Corp. (T:7211) added 4.46% or 24.0 points to end at 562.5 and Showa Denko K.K. (T:4004) was up 3.32% or 43.0 points to 1338.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Mitsui Mining and Smelting Co. (T:5706), which lost 5.52% or 13.0 points to trade at 222.5 in late trade. Toho Zinc Co., Ltd. (T:5707) declined 4.59% or 17.0 points to end at 353.0 and Rakuten Inc (T:4755) shed 4.10% or 54.0 points to 1264.0.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1683 to 1220 and 385 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 0.11% to 18.48.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for December delivery was down 0.02% or 0.01 to $50.62 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in December rose 0.14% or 0.07 to hit $51.45 a barrel, while the December Gold contract fell 0.26% or 3.35 to trade at $1264.15 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.03% to 103.91, while EUR/JPY fell 0.22% to 113.36.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.13% at 98.42.