Investing.com – Japan equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Paper & Pulp, Railway & Bus and Real Estate sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 declined 0.03%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Eisai Co., Ltd. (T:4523), which rose 7.00% or 700.0 points to trade at 10700.0 at the close. Daiichi Sankyo Co., Ltd. (T:4568) added 3.06% or 76.5 points to end at 2573.5 and Chugai Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. (T:4519) was up 2.60% or 111.0 points to 4378.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Kubota Corp. (T:6326), which lost 4.49% or 107.0 points to trade at 2278.0 in late trade. Marui Group Co., Ltd. (T:8252) declined 3.77% or 85.0 points to end at 2169.0 and Komatsu Ltd. (T:6301) shed 3.24% or 102.0 points to 3043.0.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 2145 to 1306 and 283 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0% to 19.73.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for July delivery was up 0.13% or 0.09 to $70.38 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in August rose 0.12% or 0.09 to hit $72.61 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 0.38% or 7.25 to trade at $1903.65 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.12% to 109.44, while EUR/JPY rose 0.18% to 133.26.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.03% at 90.055.