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 lost 0.77%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Fanuc Corp. (T:6954), which rose 2.23% or 445.0 points to trade at 20410.0 at the close. SUMCO Corp. (T:3436) added 1.86% or 27.0 points to end at 1477.0 and Advantest Corp. (T:6857) was up 1.69% or 80.0 points to 4820.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included The Kansai Electric Power Co. (T:9503), which lost 5.71% or 79.5 points to trade at 1314.0 in late trade. Sumitomo Corp. (T:8053) declined 4.60% or 81.5 points to end at 1692.0 and The Chiba Bank, Ltd. (T:8331) shed 4.42% or 26.0 points to 562.0.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 2604 to 985 and 155 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0.00% to 17.17.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for November delivery was down 0.44% or 0.25 to $56.16 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in November fell 0.73% or 0.46 to hit $62.28 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.61% or 9.20 to trade at $1506.00 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.00% to 107.83, while EUR/JPY fell 0.08% to 117.66.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.18% at 98.938.