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 0.86%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Omron Cor (T:6645), which rose 7.53% or 430.0 points to trade at 6140.0 at the close. Yahoo Japan Corp. (T:4689) added 3.84% or 15.0 points to end at 406.0 and Olympus Corp. (T:7733) was up 3.43% or 56.5 points to 1701.5 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Tokyo Gas Co., Ltd. (T:9531), which lost 5.34% or 140.0 points to trade at 2483.0 in late trade. Alps Electric Co., Ltd. (T:6770) declined 4.28% or 42.0 points to end at 940.0 and Advantest Corp. (T:6857) shed 4.11% or 205.0 points to 4780.0.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 2068 to 1509 and 189 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0.00% to 42.02.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for June delivery was up 0.30% or 0.05 to $16.55 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in June rose 0.47% or 0.10 to hit $21.43 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 0.31% or 5.45 to trade at $1750.85 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.07% to 107.66, while EUR/JPY fell 0.23% to 115.67.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.30% at 100.840.