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 0.33%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Toyo Seikan Group Holdings, Ltd. (T:5901), which rose 7.93% or 137.0 points to trade at 1864.0 at the close. Panasonic Corp (T:6752) added 6.88% or 63.1 points to end at 980.0 and Konami Corp. (T:9766) was up 6.71% or 320.0 points to 5090.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Fujikura Ltd. (T:5803), which lost 6.71% or 34.0 points to trade at 473.0 in late trade. NTN Corp. (T:6472) declined 5.90% or 20.0 points to end at 319.0 and Sumitomo Corp. (T:8053) shed 5.64% or 99.5 points to 1663.5.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 2039 to 1469 and 244 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0.00% to 14.25 a new 3-month low.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for December delivery was up 0.13% or 0.07 to $54.25 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in January fell 0.13% or 0.08 to hit $59.54 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.08% or 1.15 to trade at $1513.65 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.02% to 108.00, while EUR/JPY rose 0.03% to 120.48.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.09% at 97.065.