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 0.90%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Konami Corp. (T:9766), which rose 5.66% or 320.0 points to trade at 5970.0 at the close. ANA Holdings Inc (T:9202) added 3.73% or 88.0 points to end at 2448.0 and Keisei Electric Railway Co., Ltd. (T:9009) was up 3.48% or 105.0 points to 3125.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Tokyo Electron Ltd. (T:8035), which lost 6.20% or 3800.0 points to trade at 57510.0 in late trade. Inpex Corp. (T:1605) declined 5.99% or 67.0 points to end at 1051.0 and Dainippon Screen Mfg. Co., Ltd. (T:7735) shed 5.35% or 640.0 points to 11330.0.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1861 to 1673 and 243 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0% to 24.87 a new 1-month high.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for March delivery was down 1.31% or 1.12 to $84.43 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in March fell 1.10% or 0.97 to hit $87.41 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract fell 0.07% or 1.30 to trade at $1841.30 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.21% to 113.85, while EUR/JPY unchanged 0.00% to 129.04.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.11% at 95.623.