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 1.00%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Toppan Printing Co., Ltd. (T:7911), which rose 5.38% or 98.0 points to trade at 1920.0 at the close. NH Foods Ltd (T:2282) added 2.42% or 95.0 points to end at 4020.0 and Hitachi Ltd (T:6501) was up 2.17% or 139.0 points to 6540.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Shinsei Bank, Ltd. (T:8303), which lost 5.84% or 116.0 points to trade at 1870.0 in late trade. Recruit Holdings Co Ltd (T:6098) declined 5.45% or 398.0 points to end at 6911.0 and Mitsubishi Motors Corp. (T:7211) shed 4.62% or 16.0 points to 330.0.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 2616 to 930 and 226 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0% to 21.03.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for January delivery was down 0.16% or 0.11 to $70.83 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in February fell 0.27% or 0.20 to hit $74.22 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract fell 0.26% or 4.55 to trade at $1772.15 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.15% to 113.61, while EUR/JPY rose 0.12% to 128.26.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.02% at 96.273.