Investing.com – Japan equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Real Estate, Trading and Retail sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 declined 1.11%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Nippon Light Metal Holdings Co. (T:5703), which rose 2.37% or 5.0 points to trade at 216.0 at the close. Tokyo Electron Ltd. (T:8035) added 1.90% or 158.0 points to end at 8490.0 and NEC Corp. (T:6701) was up 1.64% or 4.0 points to 248.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Asahi Glass Co., Ltd. (T:5201), which lost 8.24% or 44.0 points to trade at 490.0 in late trade. Furukawa Co., Ltd. (T:5715) declined 5.38% or 7.0 points to end at 123.0 and Mitsui Fudosan Co., Ltd. (T:8801) shed 4.50% or 96.0 points to 2039.0.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1748 to 210 and 84 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 1.76% to 30.69.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for August delivery was up 0.66% or 0.30 to $45.44 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in September rose 0.80% or 0.37 to hit $46.77 a barrel, while the August Gold contract fell 0.27% or 3.65 to trade at $1358.45 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.26% to 100.52, while EUR/JPY fell 0.13% to 111.35.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.15% at 96.19.