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 fell 0.49%.
The best performers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Chiyoda Corp. (T:6366), which rose 2.61% or 7.0 points to trade at 275.0 at the close. Meanwhile, Panasonic Corp (T:6752) added 2.28% or 23.0 points to end at 1032.0 and Yokogawa Electric Corp. (T:6841) was up 2.25% or 44.0 points to 2003.0 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Taiheiyo Cement Corp. (T:5233), which fell 3.06% or 100.0 points to trade at 3165.0 at the close. Fukuoka Financial Group, Inc. (T:8354) declined 3.02% or 65.0 points to end at 2085.0 and Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Ltd. (T:7012) was down 2.38% or 60.0 points to 2458.0.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 1899 to 1563 and 298 ended unchanged.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0.00% to 14.19.
Crude oil for January delivery was up 0.03% or 0.02 to $58.13 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in February fell 0.22% or 0.14 to hit $63.13 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.25% or 3.65 to trade at $1464.45 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.01% to 109.51, while EUR/JPY rose 0.02% to 120.56.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.01% at 98.282.