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 0.14%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Recruit Holdings Co Ltd (T:6098), which rose 10.01% or 578.0 points to trade at 6350.0 at the close. JFE Holdings, Inc. (T:5411) added 9.32% or 141.0 points to end at 1654.0 and Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd. (T:9107) was up 3.86% or 185.0 points to 4975.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Oki Electric Industry Co., Ltd. (T:6703), which lost 8.98% or 97.0 points to trade at 983.0 in late trade. Yamato Holdings Co., Ltd. (T:9064) declined 5.72% or 180.0 points to end at 2965.0 and Advantest Corp. (T:6857) shed 4.73% or 460.0 points to 9270.0.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1793 to 1708 and 262 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0% to 19.65.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for September delivery was down 0.85% or 0.59 to $68.50 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in October fell 0.74% or 0.53 to hit $70.78 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.42% or 7.35 to trade at $1759.15 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.08% to 110.29, while EUR/JPY fell 0.03% to 129.44.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.07% at 92.972.