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 0.45%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Fujitsu Ltd. (T:6702), which rose 9.35% or 735.0 points to trade at 8598.0 at the close. Chugai Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. (T:4519) added 4.58% or 330.0 points to end at 7530.0 and NTT Data Corp. (T:9613) was up 2.81% or 39.0 points to 1429.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Nisshin Seifun Group Inc. (T:2002), which lost 10.74% or 262.0 points to trade at 2177.0 in late trade. Omron Cor (T:6645) declined 7.45% or 430.0 points to end at 5340.0 and Fuji Electric Co., Ltd. (T:6504) shed 5.23% or 190.0 points to 3445.0.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 2194 to 1232 and 288 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0.00% to 15.18.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for September delivery was up 0.37% or 0.21 to $56.23 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in September rose 0.09% or 0.06 to hit $63.45 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 0.29% or 4.15 to trade at $1418.85 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.03% to 108.66, while EUR/JPY fell 0.04% to 121.03.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.05% at 97.602.