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 lost 0.36%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were J.Front Retailing Co., Ltd. (T:3086), which rose 5.22% or 75.0 points to trade at 1511.0 at the close. Mitsui Mining and Smelting Co. (T:5706) added 3.45% or 99.0 points to end at 2971.0 and Toho Zinc Co., Ltd. (T:5707) was up 3.13% or 64.0 points to 2109.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Japan Tobacco Inc (T:2914), which lost 3.47% or 88.0 points to trade at 2450.0 in late trade. Tokai Carbon Co., Ltd. (T:5301) declined 2.74% or 31.0 points to end at 1101.0 and Otsuka Holdings Ltd (T:4578) shed 2.74% or 137.0 points to 4869.0.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 2475 to 1135 and 182 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0.00% to 13.67.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for February delivery was up 0.31% or 0.19 to $61.87 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in February rose 0.21% or 0.14 to hit $68.06 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract fell 0.10% or 1.55 to trade at $1512.85 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.11% to 109.51, while EUR/JPY rose 0.14% to 121.83.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.12% at 96.995.