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 0.49%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Chiyoda Corp. (T:6366), which rose 2.61% or 7.0 points to trade at 275.0 at the close. Panasonic Corp (T:6752) added 2.28% or 23.0 points to end at 1032.0 and Yokogawa Electric Corp. (T:6841) was up 2.25% or 44.0 points to 2003.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Taiheiyo Cement Corp. (T:5233), which lost 3.06% or 100.0 points to trade at 3165.0 in late trade. Fukuoka Financial Group, Inc. (T:8354) declined 3.02% or 65.0 points to end at 2085.0 and Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Ltd. (T:7012) shed 2.38% or 60.0 points to 2458.0.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1899 to 1563 and 298 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0.00% to 14.19.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for January delivery was up 0.02% or 0.01 to $58.12 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in February fell 0.24% or 0.15 to hit $63.12 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.26% or 3.75 to trade at $1464.55 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.00% to 109.50, while EUR/JPY rose 0.02% to 120.56.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.00% at 98.285.