Investing.com – Japan equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Power, Shipbuilding and Communication sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 declined 0.35%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Fukuoka Financial Group, Inc. (TYO:8354), which rose 4.64% or 123.00 points to trade at 2,775.00 at the close. Tokyo Electric Power Co., Inc. (TYO:9501) added 4.40% or 22.00 points to end at 522.00 and CyberAgent Inc (TYO:4751) was up 3.94% or 51.00 points to 1,345.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Japan Steel Works Ltd (TYO:5631), which lost 2.96% or 90.00 points to trade at 2,955.00 in late trade. Dentsu Inc. (TYO:4324) declined 2.74% or 125.00 points to end at 4,430.00 and Citizen Holdings Co., Ltd. (TYO:7762) shed 2.10% or 13.00 points to 606.00.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1972 to 1510 and 341 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 2.39% to 17.15 a new 52-week low.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for January delivery was up 0.69% or 0.54 to $78.48 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in January rose 0.48% or 0.41 to hit $85.75 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.04% or 0.75 to trade at $1,754.35 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.05% to 138.68, while EUR/JPY rose 0.05% to 144.35.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.06% at 105.70.