Investing.com – Japan equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Textile, Construction and Railway & Bus sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 declined 1.25%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Seven & i Holdings Co., Ltd. (TYO:3382), which rose 6.06% or 351.00 points to trade at 6,142.00 at the close. Concordia Financial Group Ltd (TYO:7186) added 6.01% or 34.00 points to end at 600.00 and Shizuoka Financial Group Inc (TYO:5831) was up 5.50% or 59.00 points to 1,131.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Fast Retailing Co., Ltd. (TYO:9983), which lost 7.95% or 6,350.00 points to trade at 73,490.00 in late trade. Nippon Sheet Glass Co., Ltd. (TYO:5202) declined 4.96% or 32.00 points to end at 613.00 and Mazda Motor Corp (TYO:7261) shed 4.52% or 45.00 points to 950.00.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 2261 to 1279 and 266 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 4.74% to 18.80.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for February delivery was up 0.05% or 0.04 to $78.43 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in March fell 0.06% or 0.05 to hit $83.98 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.03% or 0.65 to trade at $1,899.45 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.52% to 128.54, while EUR/JPY fell 0.61% to 139.37.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.02% at 101.97.