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 0.03%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Concordia Financial Group Ltd (T:7186), which rose 5.68% or 25.0 points to trade at 465.0 at the close. Fukuoka Financial Group, Inc. (T:8354) added 4.58% or 94.0 points to end at 2147.0 and Shizuoka Bank Ltd (T:8355) was up 4.08% or 34.0 points to 867.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Omron Cor (T:6645), which lost 3.14% or 350.0 points to trade at 10790.0 in late trade. Rakuten Inc (T:4755) declined 2.62% or 31.0 points to end at 1152.0 and Citizen Holdings Co., Ltd. (T:7762) shed 2.36% or 12.0 points to 497.0.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 2052 to 1480 and 261 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0% to 21.00.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for February delivery was up 0.49% or 0.39 to $79.85 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in March rose 0.46% or 0.38 to hit $82.37 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.06% or 1.10 to trade at $1790.30 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.07% to 115.90, while EUR/JPY rose 0.20% to 131.04.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.13% at 96.205.