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 0.14%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Citizen Holdings Co., Ltd. (T:7762), which rose 4.88% or 18.0 points to trade at 387.0 at the close. Ricoh Co., Ltd. (T:7752) added 4.28% or 39.0 points to end at 950.0 and Shiseido Co., Ltd. (T:4911) was up 4.07% or 313.0 points to 7995.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Tokai Carbon Co., Ltd. (T:5301), which lost 4.93% or 80.0 points to trade at 1543.0 in late trade. Tokyo Electric Power Co., Inc. (T:9501) declined 4.88% or 20.0 points to end at 390.0 and Nippon Yusen K.K (T:9101) shed 4.70% or 138.0 points to 2796.0.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1846 to 1718 and 197 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0% to 22.30.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for March delivery was down 0.84% or 0.49 to $57.75 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in April fell 0.72% or 0.44 to hit $60.70 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 0.39% or 7.10 to trade at $1819.70 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.13% to 104.86, while EUR/JPY rose 0.08% to 127.12.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.08% at 90.483.