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 0.36%.
The best performers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were J.Front Retailing Co., Ltd. (T:3086), which rose 5.22% or 75.0 points to trade at 1511.0 at the close. Meanwhile, Mitsui Mining and Smelting Co. (T:5706) added 3.45% or 99.0 points to end at 2971.0 and Toho Zinc Co., Ltd. (T:5707) was up 3.13% or 64.0 points to 2109.0 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Japan Tobacco Inc (T:2914), which fell 3.47% or 88.0 points to trade at 2450.0 at the close. Tokai Carbon Co., Ltd. (T:5301) declined 2.74% or 31.0 points to end at 1101.0 and Otsuka Holdings Ltd (T:4578) was down 2.74% or 137.0 points to 4869.0.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 2475 to 1135 and 182 ended unchanged.
Shares in J.Front Retailing Co., Ltd. (T:3086) rose to 52-week highs; up 5.22% or 75.0 to 1511.0.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0.00% to 13.67.
Crude oil for February delivery was up 0.31% or 0.19 to $61.87 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in February rose 0.21% or 0.14 to hit $68.06 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract fell 0.10% or 1.45 to trade at $1512.95 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.11% to 109.50, while EUR/JPY rose 0.13% to 121.81.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.12% at 97.000.