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 2.53% to hit a new 1-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Sumitomo Osaka Cement Co., Ltd. (T:5232), which rose 8.86% or 295.0 points to trade at 3625.0 at the close. Citizen Holdings Co., Ltd. (T:7762) added 4.21% or 22.0 points to end at 544.0 and Nichirei Corp. (T:2871) was up 1.94% or 51.0 points to 2684.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Keisei Electric Railway Co., Ltd. (T:9009), which lost 6.03% or 215.0 points to trade at 3350.0 in late trade. IHI Corp. (T:7013) declined 5.69% or 140.0 points to end at 2322.0 and Pacific Metals Co., Ltd. (T:5541) shed 5.39% or 121.0 points to 2124.0.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 3168 to 475 and 134 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0% to 19.54.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for January delivery was down 3.97% or 3.11 to $75.28 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in January fell 3.36% or 2.76 to hit $79.46 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 1.03% or 18.40 to trade at $1802.70 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.80% to 114.43, while EUR/JPY fell 0.55% to 128.55.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.26% at 96.618.