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 0.39%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Toyota Motor Corp (T:7203), which rose 4.55% or 340.0 points to trade at 7820.0 at the close. Showa Denko K.K. (T:4004) added 4.49% or 97.0 points to end at 2257.0 and Ajinomoto Co., Inc. (T:2802) was up 3.92% or 88.5 points to 2345.5 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Softbank Group Corp. (T:9984), which lost 4.73% or 393.0 points to trade at 7913.0 in late trade. Asahi Kasei Corp. (T:3407) declined 4.05% or 43.0 points to end at 1020.0 and Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd. (T:9107) shed 3.52% or 70.0 points to 1916.0.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 2272 to 1208 and 227 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0% to 19.48 a new 1-month low.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for January delivery was up 0.81% or 0.38 to $47.16 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in February rose 0.68% or 0.34 to hit $50.59 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.01% or 0.20 to trade at $1837.60 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.15% to 104.05, while EUR/JPY fell 0.09% to 126.35.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.11% at 90.720.