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 1.41%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Fukuoka Financial Group, Inc. (T:8354), which rose 6.36% or 144.0 points to trade at 2407.0 at the close. Japan Post Holdings Co Ltd (T:6178) added 4.48% or 47.0 points to end at 1095.0 and Honda Motor Co Ltd (T:7267) was up 4.45% or 148.0 points to 3471.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Fast Retailing Co., Ltd. (T:9983), which lost 6.10% or 5910.0 points to trade at 91020.0 in late trade. Kikkoman Corp. (T:2801) declined 3.98% or 290.0 points to end at 7000.0 and Konami Corp. (T:9766) shed 3.66% or 260.0 points to 6850.0.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 2167 to 1384 and 213 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0% to 21.58 a new 1-month low.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for April delivery was up 0.33% or 0.20 to $60.20 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in May rose 0.28% or 0.18 to hit $63.46 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 0.62% or 10.75 to trade at $1743.25 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.12% to 108.75, while EUR/JPY fell 0.00% to 129.72.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.16% at 91.720.