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 declined 0.19%.
The best performers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Eisai Co., Ltd. (T:4523), which rose 5.92% or 675.0 points to trade at 12075.0 at the close. Meanwhile, SUMCO Corp. (T:3436) added 3.16% or 84.0 points to end at 2741.0 and Konami Corp. (T:9766) was up 2.79% or 190.0 points to 7010.0 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Nippon Yusen K.K (T:9101), which fell 7.69% or 430.0 points to trade at 5160.0 at the close. Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd. (T:9107) declined 6.73% or 250.0 points to end at 3465.0 and Nippon Sheet Glass Co., Ltd. (T:5202) was down 5.72% or 38.0 points to 626.0.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 2586 to 977 and 192 ended unchanged.
Shares in Eisai Co., Ltd. (T:4523) rose to all time highs; rising 5.92% or 675.0 to 12075.0.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0% to 18.10.
Crude oil for July delivery was down 0.28% or 0.20 to $70.84 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in August fell 0.47% or 0.34 to hit $72.74 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 0.81% or 14.35 to trade at $1789.15 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.17% to 110.01, while EUR/JPY fell 0.20% to 130.93.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.10% at 91.968.