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 1.79%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Ricoh Co., Ltd. (T:7752), which rose 3.20% or 33.0 points to trade at 1064.0 at the close. Toho Zinc Co., Ltd. (T:5707) added 2.10% or 46.0 points to end at 2234.0 and Tokyo Electric Power Co., Inc. (T:9501) was up 1.95% or 6.0 points to 314.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Chugai Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. (T:4519), which lost 5.20% or 198.0 points to trade at 3612.0 in late trade. CyberAgent Inc (T:4751) declined 4.99% or 101.0 points to end at 1925.0 and Fujitsu Ltd. (T:6702) shed 4.39% or 890.0 points to 19370.0.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 2677 to 873 and 234 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0% to 20.24.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for January delivery was down 0.84% or 0.61 to $71.77 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in February fell 0.72% or 0.54 to hit $74.48 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.58% or 10.50 to trade at $1808.70 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.07% to 113.61, while EUR/JPY fell 0.11% to 128.66.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.03% at 95.990.