Investing.com – Japan equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Precision Instruments, Non-Metal Minerals and Power sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 fell 0.43%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Tokyo Electron Ltd. (TYO:8035), which rose 4.60% or 1,690.00 points to trade at 38,390.00 at the close. Dainippon Screen Mfg. Co., Ltd. (TYO:7735) added 2.19% or 170.00 points to end at 7,920.00 and Advantest Corp. (TYO:6857) was up 1.86% or 130.00 points to 7,130.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Credit Saison Co., Ltd. (TYO:8253), which lost 3.39% or 55.00 points to trade at 1,568.00 in late trade. Odakyu Electric Railway Co., Ltd. (TYO:9007) declined 3.15% or 60.00 points to end at 1,842.00 and Keio Corp. (TYO:9008) shed 3.14% or 170.00 points to 5,240.00.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 2426 to 1031 and 294 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 2.57% to 22.79.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for December delivery was down 0.25% or 0.21 to $84.30 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in December fell 0.27% or 0.25 to hit $92.13 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.48% or 7.80 to trade at $1,629.00 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.18% to 150.40, while EUR/JPY rose 0.33% to 147.37.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.07% at 112.74.