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 0.98%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Chiyoda Corp. (T:6366), which rose 7.09% or 31.0 points to trade at 468.0 at the close. Nippon Yusen K.K (T:9101) added 3.49% or 180.0 points to end at 5340.0 and Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd. (T:9107) was up 3.03% or 105.0 points to 3565.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Eisai Co., Ltd. (T:4523), which lost 12.96% or 1363.0 points to trade at 9157.0 in late trade. Hitachi Zosen Corp. (T:7004) declined 4.83% or 40.0 points to end at 788.0 and Z Holdings Corp (T:4689) shed 2.78% or 16.4 points to 574.4.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1768 to 1674 and 305 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0% to 17.87.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for August delivery was down 0.27% or 0.19 to $71.46 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in September fell 0.24% or 0.18 to hit $73.29 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.35% or 6.45 to trade at $1822.55 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.23% to 110.11, while EUR/JPY rose 0.14% to 129.95.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.06% at 92.688.