Investing.com – Japan equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the , and sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the lost 1.11%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the were Fukuoka Financial Group, Inc. (TYO:), which rose 4.25% or 108.00 points to trade at 2,650.00 at the close. Resona Holdings, Inc. (TYO:) added 3.57% or 19.00 points to end at 551.40 and Shizuoka Bank Ltd (TYO:) was up 3.52% or 29.00 points to 852.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd. (TYO:), which lost 5.10% or 410.00 points to trade at 7,630.00 in late trade. Nippon Express Co., Ltd. (TYO:) declined 4.99% or 380.00 points to end at 7,240.00 and Trend Micro Inc. (TYO:) shed 4.76% or 400.00 points to 8,010.00.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 2499 to 1063 and 228 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The , which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 2.47% to 20.18.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for October delivery was up 0.33% or 0.28 to $85.38 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in November rose 0.65% or 0.59 to hit $91.43 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.53% or 8.95 to trade at $1,668.35 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.12% to 143.35, while EUR/JPY fell 0.25% to 143.13.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.14% at 109.61.