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 0.22%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Denso Corp. (T:6902), which rose 7.76% or 413.0 points to trade at 5733.0 at the close. Mitsubishi Chemical Holdings Corp (T:4188) added 6.44% or 38.5 points to end at 636.3 and Konami Corp. (T:9766) was up 5.01% or 280.0 points to 5870.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Rakuten Inc (T:4755), which lost 7.31% or 82.0 points to trade at 1040.0 in late trade. Mitsui Chemicals, Inc. (T:4183) declined 3.21% or 97.0 points to end at 2928.0 and Tokyo Electron Ltd. (T:8035) shed 3.12% or 1170.0 points to 36380.0.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1868 to 1634 and 216 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0% to 21.15 a new 1-month low.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for January delivery was up 1.56% or 0.71 to $46.35 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in February rose 1.77% or 0.86 to hit $49.57 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.29% or 5.35 to trade at $1846.45 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.05% to 103.89, while EUR/JPY rose 0.19% to 126.31.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.10% at 90.625.