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 declined 0.61%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were SUMCO Corp. (T:3436), which rose 6.99% or 158.0 points to trade at 2418.0 at the close. Konami Corp. (T:9766) added 4.45% or 280.0 points to end at 6570.0 and Nippon Suisan Kaisha, Ltd. (T:1332) was up 4.09% or 26.0 points to 661.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Tokai Carbon Co., Ltd. (T:5301), which lost 9.58% or 145.0 points to trade at 1368.0 in late trade. Nikon Corp. (T:7731) declined 8.01% or 104.0 points to end at 1195.0 and Showa Denko K.K. (T:4004) shed 6.64% or 195.0 points to 2740.0.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 2413 to 1113 and 222 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0% to 19.55 a new 1-month low.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for December delivery was up 0.56% or 0.44 to $79.25 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in January rose 0.14% or 0.11 to hit $80.65 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.30% or 5.45 to trade at $1798.95 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.07% to 113.68, while EUR/JPY rose 0.02% to 131.44.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.07% at 94.278.