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 0.39%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were SUMCO Corp. (T:3436), which rose 5.24% or 98.0 points to trade at 1967.0 at the close. Yahoo Japan Corp. (T:4689) added 4.49% or 19.0 points to end at 442.0 and Rakuten Inc (T:4755) was up 4.11% or 39.0 points to 987.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Chiyoda Corp. (T:6366), which lost 6.00% or 24.0 points to trade at 376.0 in late trade. Oji Holdings Corp. (T:3861) declined 5.03% or 30.0 points to end at 567.0 and Tokyo Dome Corp. (T:9681) shed 4.03% or 39.0 points to 928.0.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1900 to 1608 and 268 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0.00% to 16.99.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for April delivery was down 0.93% or 0.50 to $53.38 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in April fell 1.03% or 0.61 to hit $58.70 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 1.00% or 16.25 to trade at $1636.75 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.24% to 111.84, while EUR/JPY fell 0.11% to 120.75.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.07% at 99.703.