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 0.67% to hit a new 1-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Isetan Mitsukoshi Holdings Ltd. (T:3099), which rose 4.14% or 23.0 points to trade at 579.0 at the close. Rakuten Inc (T:4755) added 3.89% or 44.0 points to end at 1176.0 and Takashimaya Co., Ltd. (T:8233) was up 3.49% or 29.0 points to 860.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Mitsubishi Materials Corp. (T:5711), which lost 5.60% or 116.0 points to trade at 1954.0 in late trade. Daiichi Sankyo Co., Ltd. (T:4568) declined 5.11% or 165.0 points to end at 3064.0 and Mitsui Mining and Smelting Co. (T:5706) shed 4.75% or 121.0 points to 2424.0.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 2736 to 800 and 140 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0% to 23.70.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for November delivery was down 2.30% or 0.89 to $37.83 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in December fell 2.39% or 0.98 to hit $39.95 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.03% or 0.60 to trade at $1916.90 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.29% to 105.19, while EUR/JPY fell 0.46% to 123.36.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.01% at 93.775.