Investing.com – Japan equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Electrical/Machinery, Machinery and Chemical sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 lost 1.87% to hit a new 1-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd. (TYO:9107), which rose 2.58% or 68.00 points to trade at 2,700.00 at the close. J.Front Retailing Co., Ltd. (TYO:3086) added 0.87% or 10.00 points to end at 1,164.00 and Keio Corp. (TYO:9008) was up 0.80% or 40.00 points to 5,010.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Tokyo Electron Ltd. (TYO:8035), which lost 4.47% or 2,050.00 points to trade at 43,780.00 in late trade. Hitachi Zosen Corp. (TYO:7004) declined 4.05% or 35.00 points to end at 830.00 and CyberAgent Inc (TYO:4751) shed 3.87% or 47.00 points to 1,169.00.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 2705 to 886 and 219 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 4.68% to 16.31 a new 52-week low.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for January delivery was down 0.30% or 0.23 to $75.88 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in February fell 0.14% or 0.11 to hit $81.10 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.16% or 2.80 to trade at $1,790.60 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.31% to 137.34, while EUR/JPY unchanged 0.00% to 146.38.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.20% at 103.99.