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 1.89%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Sumitomo Dainippon Pharma Co Ltd (T:4506), which rose 7.88% or 124.0 points to trade at 1697.0 at the close. Mitsui Fudosan Co., Ltd. (T:8801) added 3.34% or 68.5 points to end at 2118.5 and Tokyu Fudosan (T:3289) was up 2.96% or 17.0 points to 591.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Alps Electric Co., Ltd. (T:6770), which lost 8.40% or 128.0 points to trade at 1396.0 in late trade. Tokyo Electric Power Co., Inc. (T:9501) declined 8.03% or 35.0 points to end at 401.0 and Canon Inc (T:7751) shed 7.35% or 182.0 points to 2294.5.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 2903 to 690 and 146 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0% to 22.31.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for March delivery was down 0.61% or 0.32 to $52.02 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in April fell 0.22% or 0.12 to hit $54.98 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 0.31% or 5.65 to trade at $1846.85 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.32% to 104.55, while EUR/JPY rose 0.15% to 126.50.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.33% at 90.722.