Japan shares lower at close of trade; Nikkei 225 unchanged

Investing.com – Japan equities were lower at the close on Friday, as in the sectors propelled shares .

At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 unchanged 0.00%.

The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Dainippon Screen Mfg. Co., Ltd. (T: 7735 ), which rose 2.82% or 340.0 points to trade at 12400.0 at the close. NTN Corp. (T: 6472 ) added 2.60% or 6.0 points to end at 237.0 and Hitachi Zosen Corp. (T: 7004 ) was up 2.55% or 20.0 points to 804.0 in late trade.

Biggest losers included Mitsubishi Electric Corp (T: 6503 ), which lost 2.31% or 35.0 points to trade at 1481.0 in late trade. Nippon Telegraph & Telephone Corp (T: 9432 ) declined 2.16% or 69.0 points to end at 3130.0 and Keio Corp. (T: 9008 ) shed 2.12% or 110.0 points to 5070.0.

Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1946 to 1579 and 294 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.

The Nikkei Volatility , which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0% to 21.01.

In commodities trading, Crude oil for February delivery was up 1.32% or 0.96 to $73.72 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in March fell 0.10% or 0.08 to hit $76.52 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.01% or 0.25 to trade at $1810.10 a troy ounce.

USD/JPY was up 0.02% to 114.39, while EUR/JPY rose 0.04% to 129.62.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.02% at 96.035.