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 0.36%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. (T:9104), which rose 9.96% or 710.0 points to trade at 7840.0 at the close. Nippon Yusen K.K (T:9101) added 7.34% or 570.0 points to end at 8340.0 and Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd. (T:9107) was up 6.05% or 300.0 points to 5260.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding (T:7003), which lost 3.70% or 18.0 points to trade at 468.0 in late trade. Aeon Co., Ltd. (T:8267) declined 3.22% or 98.0 points to end at 2948.0 and Asahi Group Holdings, Ltd. (T:2502) shed 3.15% or 164.0 points to 5050.0.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1859 to 1572 and 305 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0% to 18.86.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for October delivery was up 1.85% or 1.25 to $68.67 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in November rose 1.62% or 1.14 to hit $71.32 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.46% or 8.30 to trade at $1803.50 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.01% to 110.08, while EUR/JPY rose 0.10% to 129.46.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.08% at 93.002.