Investing.com – Japan stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Paper & Pulp, Railway & Bus and Real Estate sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 lost 0.12%.
The best performers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Seven & i Holdings Co., Ltd. (T:3382), which rose 4.61% or 156.0 points to trade at 3542.0 at the close. Meanwhile, Fast Retailing Co., Ltd. (T:9983) added 2.87% or 1930.0 points to end at 69220.0 and Daikin Industries, Ltd. (T:6367) was up 2.81% or 525.0 points to 19190.0 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Mitsubishi Motors Corp. (T:7211), which fell 4.24% or 10.0 points to trade at 226.0 at the close. Takashimaya Co., Ltd. (T:8233) declined 4.22% or 37.0 points to end at 839.0 and JGC Corp. (T:1963) was down 3.55% or 38.0 points to 1031.0.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 2113 to 1366 and 208 ended unchanged.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0% to 21.13.
Crude oil for November delivery was up 0.32% or 0.13 to $41.32 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in December rose 0.37% or 0.16 to hit $43.50 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 1.04% or 19.65 to trade at $1914.75 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.05% to 105.95, while EUR/JPY rose 0.07% to 124.74.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.16% at 93.498.