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 lost 0.42%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Isuzu Motors, Ltd. (T:7202), which rose 4.92% or 47.0 points to trade at 1003.0 at the close. Rakuten Inc (T:4755) added 3.58% or 39.0 points to end at 1128.0 and Fujikura Ltd. (T:5803) was up 3.28% or 13.0 points to 409.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included MS&AD Insurance Group Holdings (T:8725), which lost 4.38% or 145.0 points to trade at 3169.0 in late trade. Terumo Corp. (T:4543) declined 4.22% or 179.0 points to end at 4064.0 and T&D Holdings, Inc. (T:8795) shed 3.55% or 45.0 points to 1223.0.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 2116 to 1356 and 242 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0% to 22.24.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for January delivery was down 0.05% or 0.02 to $41.88 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in January rose 0.09% or 0.04 to hit $44.24 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.09% or 1.60 to trade at $1863.10 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.12% to 103.84, while EUR/JPY rose 0.09% to 123.27.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.03% at 92.310.