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 declined 0.53%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. (T:7201), which rose 8.75% or 35.8 points to trade at 444.8 at the close. Fast Retailing Co., Ltd. (T:9983) added 3.49% or 2810.0 points to end at 83430.0 and Seiko Epson Cor (T:6724) was up 2.71% or 36.0 points to 1362.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Trend Micro Inc. (T:4704), which lost 7.06% or 440.0 points to trade at 5790.0 in late trade. Haseko Corp (T:1808) declined 6.96% or 92.0 points to end at 1230.0 and Tokyo Dome Corp. (T:9681) shed 6.55% or 63.0 points to 899.0.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 2717 to 845 and 138 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0% to 21.87.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for December delivery was down 1.56% or 0.64 to $40.48 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in January fell 1.15% or 0.50 to hit $43.03 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.26% or 4.85 to trade at $1878.15 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.11% to 105.00, while EUR/JPY fell 0.05% to 124.03.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.04% at 92.922.