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 2.79%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the were Mitsubishi Electric Corp (TYO:), which rose 14.18% or 338.50 points to trade at 2,726.00 at the close. Panasonic Corp (TYO:) added 8.52% or 105.50 points to end at 1,343.50 and Asahi Kasei Corp. (TYO:) was up 6.37% or 67.50 points to 1,127.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Lasertec Corp (TYO:), which lost 16.44% or 3,860.00 points to trade at 19,615.00 in late trade. Subaru Corp (TYO:) declined 11.50% or 320.00 points to end at 2,461.50 and Fujitsu Ltd. (TYO:) shed 9.04% or 268.00 points to 2,695.00.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 2814 to 830 and 199 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The , which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 11.79% to 25.97.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for December delivery was up 1.93% or 1.34 to $70.60 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in January rose 1.80% or 1.31 to hit $74.12 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.48% or 13.30 to trade at $2,762.60 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.33% to 152.52, while EUR/JPY rose 0.23% to 165.85.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.04% at 103.92.
