Investing.com – Japan equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Paper & Pulp, Rubber and Mining sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 fell 0.45%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Rakuten Inc (TYO:4755), which rose 7.53% or 44.00 points to trade at 628.00 at the close. CyberAgent Inc (TYO:4751) added 3.33% or 28.50 points to end at 885.10 and DIC Corp (TYO:4631) was up 2.88% or 77.50 points to 2,771.50 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Idemitsu Kosan Co Ltd (TYO:5019), which lost 2.33% or 18.30 points to trade at 767.50 in late trade. Pacific Metals Co., Ltd. (TYO:5541) declined 2.02% or 25.00 points to end at 1,214.00 and Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding (TYO:7003) shed 1.81% or 13.00 points to 706.00.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 2364 to 1293 and 226 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 1.18% to 17.10.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for February delivery was up 0.36% or 0.26 to $72.03 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in March rose 0.51% or 0.39 to hit $77.54 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract fell 0.09% or 1.90 to trade at $2,081.60 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.11% to 141.24, while EUR/JPY fell 0.05% to 156.36.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.08% at 100.83.