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 0.80%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Softbank Group Corp. (T:9984), which rose 2.83% or 127.0 points to trade at 4607.0 at the close. Fujitsu Ltd. (T:6702) added 2.68% or 275.0 points to end at 10525.0 and ANA Holdings Inc (T:9202) was up 2.09% or 49.0 points to 2396.5 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Amada Co., Ltd. (T:6113), which lost 5.56% or 52.0 points to trade at 883.0 in late trade. JGC Corp. (T:1963) declined 5.04% or 55.0 points to end at 1036.0 and The Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd. (T:5101) shed 4.89% or 74.0 points to 1440.0.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 2215 to 1366 and 181 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0% to 27.72 a new 1-month low.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for July delivery was down 6.07% or 2.06 to $31.86 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in July fell 4.88% or 1.76 to hit $34.30 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 0.86% or 14.75 to trade at $1736.65 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.19% to 107.41, while EUR/JPY fell 0.48% to 117.25.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.29% at 99.690.