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 2.82% to hit a new 1-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Ajinomoto Co., Inc. (T:2802), which rose 11.35% or 194.0 points to trade at 1904.0 at the close. TDK Corp (T:6762) added 8.05% or 870.0 points to end at 11680.0 and Fuji Electric Co., Ltd. (T:6504) was up 7.17% or 192.0 points to 2870.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Advantest Corp. (T:6857), which lost 14.93% or 1000.0 points to trade at 5700.0 in late trade. Nisshinbo Holdings Inc. (T:3105) declined 14.58% or 107.0 points to end at 627.0 and Panasonic Corp (T:6752) shed 13.29% or 138.0 points to 900.0.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 3294 to 354 and 60 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0% to 23.70.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for September delivery was up 0.78% or 0.31 to $40.23 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in October rose 0.79% or 0.34 to hit $43.59 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 1.39% or 27.00 to trade at $1969.30 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.35% to 104.36, while EUR/JPY rose 0.08% to 124.15.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.48% at 92.558.