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 0.22%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the were Sumitomo Realty & Development Co. (TYO:), which rose 5.49% or 249.00 points to trade at 4,781.00 at the close. Mitsubishi Estate Co Ltd (TYO:) added 4.10% or 84.50 points to end at 2,145.50 and Tokyu Fudosan (TYO:) was up 4.06% or 36.50 points to 936.60 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Toppan Printing Co., Ltd. (TYO:), which lost 7.29% or 303.00 points to trade at 3,855.00 in late trade. Resona Holdings, Inc. (TYO:) declined 5.02% or 58.50 points to end at 1,106.50 and Yamato Holdings Co., Ltd. (TYO:) shed 3.77% or 67.50 points to 1,723.50.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 2190 to 1439 and 257 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The , which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 7.92% to 21.12.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for January delivery was down 0.30% or 0.21 to $69.02 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in February fell 0.51% or 0.37 to hit $72.51 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.48% or 12.39 to trade at $2,620.49 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.31% to 156.93, while EUR/JPY fell 0.17% to 162.85.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.13% at 108.01.
