Investing.com – Japan equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Retail, Construction and Communication sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 declined 0.23%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Citizen Holdings Co., Ltd. (T:7762), which rose 4.56% or 25.0 points to trade at 573.0 at the close. Nippon Yusen K.K (T:9101) added 4.05% or 8.0 points to end at 205.5 and DOWA Holdings Co., Ltd. (T:5714) was up 3.93% or 29.0 points to 767.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Nisshinbo Holdings Inc. (T:3105), which lost 5.59% or 59.0 points to trade at 996.0 in late trade. Denki Kagaku Kogyo K.K. (T:4061) declined 5.47% or 25.0 points to end at 432.0 and Seven & i Holdings Co., Ltd. (T:3382) shed 5.10% or 246.0 points to 4581.0.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1122 to 776 and 170 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 1.65% to 20.24.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for November delivery was up 0.06% or 0.03 to $50.47 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in December rose 0.06% or 0.03 to hit $52.54 a barrel, while the December Gold contract rose 0.12% or 1.45 to trade at $1254.45 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was unchanged 0.00% to 103.94, while EUR/JPY fell 0.36% to 115.49.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.43% at 97.08.