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 fell 0.12%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Seven & i Holdings Co., Ltd. (T:3382), which rose 4.61% or 156.0 points to trade at 3542.0 at the close. Fast Retailing Co., Ltd. (T:9983) added 2.87% or 1930.0 points to end at 69220.0 and Daikin Industries, Ltd. (T:6367) was up 2.81% or 525.0 points to 19190.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Mitsubishi Motors Corp. (T:7211), which lost 4.24% or 10.0 points to trade at 226.0 in late trade. Takashimaya Co., Ltd. (T:8233) declined 4.22% or 37.0 points to end at 839.0 and JGC Corp. (T:1963) shed 3.55% or 38.0 points to 1031.0.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 2113 to 1366 and 208 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0% to 21.13.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for November delivery was up 0.34% or 0.14 to $41.33 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in December rose 0.42% or 0.18 to hit $43.52 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 1.04% or 19.65 to trade at $1914.75 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.05% to 105.95, while EUR/JPY rose 0.07% to 124.73.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.16% at 93.502.