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 1.52% to hit a new 1-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Advantest Corp. (T:6857), which rose 9.24% or 510.0 points to trade at 6030.0 at the close. Seiko Epson Cor (T:6724) added 6.83% or 77.0 points to end at 1204.0 and Panasonic Corp (T:6752) was up 4.94% or 45.2 points to 960.7 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Kyocera Corp. (T:6971), which lost 9.95% or 633.0 points to trade at 5731.0 in late trade. Oki Electric Industry Co., Ltd. (T:6703) declined 7.03% or 73.0 points to end at 965.0 and Mitsui & Co., Ltd. (T:8031) shed 6.32% or 110.0 points to 1630.0.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 3109 to 484 and 111 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0% to 24.20.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for December delivery was down 0.91% or 0.33 to $35.84 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in January fell 0.99% or 0.38 to hit $37.88 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.18% or 3.45 to trade at $1871.45 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.22% to 104.38, while EUR/JPY fell 0.21% to 121.86.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.04% at 93.935.