Investing.com – Japan equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Precision Instruments, Steel and Electrical/Machinery sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 declined 0.01%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were J.Front Retailing Co., Ltd. (T:3086), which rose 5.20% or 62.0 points to trade at 1254.0 at the close. Tokyo Dome Corp. (T:9681) added 5.13% or 48.0 points to end at 983.0 and Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. (T:9104) was up 4.28% or 10.0 points to 243.5 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Alps Electric Co., Ltd. (T:6770), which lost 4.75% or 114.0 points to trade at 2287.0 in late trade. Comsys Holdings Corp. (T:1721) declined 2.68% or 53.0 points to end at 1925.0 and Minebea Co., Ltd. (T:6479) shed 2.68% or 28.0 points to 1017.0.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 981 to 899 and 176 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 2.43% to 24.01.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for October delivery was up 0.81% or 0.35 to $43.51 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in November rose 0.75% or 0.34 to hit $45.79 a barrel, while the December Gold contract fell 0.21% or 2.75 to trade at $1314.35 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.36% to 103.59, while EUR/JPY rose 0.33% to 115.96.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.06% at 95.72.