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 0.16%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Pacific Metals Co., Ltd. (T:5541), which rose 6.02% or 132.0 points to trade at 2326.0 at the close. Nippon Sheet Glass Co., Ltd. (T:5202) added 4.79% or 22.0 points to end at 481.0 and Asahi Glass Co., Ltd. (T:5201) was up 4.45% or 160.0 points to 3755.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Mitsubishi Estate Co Ltd (T:8802), which lost 3.51% or 59.5 points to trade at 1638.0 in late trade. Daikin Industries, Ltd. (T:6367) declined 3.49% or 780.0 points to end at 21555.0 and Odakyu Electric Railway Co., Ltd. (T:9007) shed 3.28% or 105.0 points to 3100.0.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1933 to 1574 and 227 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0% to 18.97.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for January delivery was down 0.33% or 0.16 to $48.20 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in February fell 0.47% or 0.24 to hit $51.26 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract fell 0.25% or 4.65 to trade at $1885.75 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.26% to 103.36, while EUR/JPY rose 0.15% to 126.64.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.11% at 89.843.