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 2.20%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Casio Computer Co., Ltd. (T:6952), which rose 7.99% or 100.0 points to trade at 1351.0 at the close. Toho Co., Ltd. (T:9602) added 2.10% or 90.0 points to end at 4385.0 and Konami Corp. (T:9766) was up 1.75% or 80.0 points to 4650.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd. (T:5801), which lost 12.00% or 348.0 points to trade at 2553.0 in late trade. Fujikura Ltd. (T:5803) declined 9.90% or 40.0 points to end at 364.0 and Asahi Kasei Corp. (T:3407) shed 7.80% or 85.5 points to 1010.0.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 3210 to 398 and 124 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0.00% to 15.55.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for September delivery was up 1.58% or 0.85 to $54.80 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in October rose 1.97% or 1.19 to hit $61.69 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 1.23% or 17.65 to trade at $1450.05 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.38% to 106.92, while EUR/JPY fell 0.33% to 118.56.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.05% at 98.097.