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 0.62%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Canon Inc (T:7751), which rose 8.39% or 174.0 points to trade at 2248.5 at the close. Seiko Epson Cor (T:6724) added 7.32% or 118.0 points to end at 1729.0 and J.Front Retailing Co., Ltd. (T:3086) was up 5.08% or 43.0 points to 890.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Isuzu Motors, Ltd. (T:7202), which lost 3.82% or 39.0 points to trade at 981.0 in late trade. Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (T:7011) declined 3.39% or 113.0 points to end at 3218.0 and Hino Motors, Ltd. (T:7205) shed 3.38% or 31.0 points to 885.0.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 2413 to 1167 and 173 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0% to 21.93.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for February delivery was down 0.84% or 0.45 to $53.12 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in March fell 1.21% or 0.68 to hit $55.74 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract fell 0.10% or 1.90 to trade at $1849.50 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.10% to 103.69, while EUR/JPY fell 0.20% to 125.92.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.08% at 90.290.