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 1.41%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Dai-ichi Life Holdings Inc (T:8750), which rose 4.41% or 67.0 points to trade at 1585.5 at the close. T&D Holdings, Inc. (T:8795) added 4.24% or 45.0 points to end at 1107.0 and Tokio Marine Holdings, Inc. (T:8766) was up 4.11% or 195.0 points to 4943.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Pacific Metals Co., Ltd. (T:5541), which lost 4.78% or 88.0 points to trade at 1754.0 in late trade. Yahoo Japan Corp. (T:4689) declined 4.43% or 32.0 points to end at 691.0 and Chugai Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. (T:4519) shed 3.69% or 179.0 points to 4673.0.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 2762 to 819 and 132 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0% to 21.97.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for October delivery was down 0.56% or 0.24 to $42.80 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in November fell 0.48% or 0.22 to hit $45.38 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 1.15% or 22.25 to trade at $1954.85 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.46% to 106.06, while EUR/JPY rose 0.12% to 126.10.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.52% at 92.507.