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 lost 0.39%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were DeNA Co Ltd (T:2432), which rose 10.32% or 169.0 points to trade at 1806.0 at the close. Marui Group Co., Ltd. (T:8252) added 5.01% or 80.0 points to end at 1676.0 and Inpex Corp. (T:1605) was up 4.72% or 30.0 points to 666.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Mitsubishi Materials Corp. (T:5711), which lost 11.38% or 265.0 points to trade at 2064.0 in late trade. Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd. (T:5801) declined 9.75% or 254.0 points to end at 2350.0 and SUMCO Corp. (T:3436) shed 8.97% or 147.0 points to 1491.0.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1909 to 1565 and 192 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0% to 21.56.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for September delivery was down 0.10% or 0.04 to $41.91 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in October fell 0.09% or 0.04 to hit $45.05 a barrel, while the October Gold Futures contract rose 0.06% or 1.25 to trade at $2059.65 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.03% to 105.57, while EUR/JPY fell 0.27% to 124.99.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.26% at 93.013.