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 0.19%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Olympus Corp. (T:7733), which rose 9.90% or 186.0 points to trade at 2064.0 at the close. Softbank Group Corp. (T:9984) added 7.13% or 337.0 points to end at 5064.0 and Chiyoda Corp. (T:6366) was up 6.41% or 22.0 points to 365.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Asahi Kasei Corp. (T:3407), which lost 7.64% or 91.0 points to trade at 1100.0 in late trade. Marui Group Co., Ltd. (T:8252) declined 5.24% or 132.0 points to end at 2387.0 and DeNA Co Ltd (T:2432) shed 4.07% or 65.0 points to 1533.0.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 2337 to 1257 and 188 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0.00% to 17.65.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for March delivery was up 0.12% or 0.06 to $51.01 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in April rose 0.16% or 0.09 to hit $55.02 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 0.02% or 0.25 to trade at $1569.75 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.08% to 109.91, while EUR/JPY fell 0.13% to 120.61.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.00% at 98.385.