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 lost 0.98% to hit a new 6-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Ajinomoto Co., Inc. (T:2802), which rose 2.65% or 80.0 points to trade at 3102.0 at the close. Tokyo Electric Power Co., Inc. (T:9501) added 2.48% or 7.0 points to end at 289.0 and Daiichi Sankyo Co., Ltd. (T:4568) was up 2.44% or 60.0 points to 2516.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Denso Corp. (T:6902), which lost 8.83% or 651.0 points to trade at 6721.0 in late trade. Nippon Yusen K.K (T:9101) declined 8.42% or 670.0 points to end at 7290.0 and Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd. (T:9107) shed 8.15% or 400.0 points to 4510.0.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 2531 to 1024 and 203 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0% to 18.96.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for October delivery was down 0.05% or 0.03 to $63.47 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in October fell 0.18% or 0.12 to hit $66.33 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.37% or 6.65 to trade at $1789.75 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.07% to 109.64, while EUR/JPY fell 0.01% to 128.08.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.03% at 93.612.