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 0.53%.
The best performers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. (T:7201), which rose 8.75% or 35.8 points to trade at 444.8 at the close. Meanwhile, Fast Retailing Co., Ltd. (T:9983) added 3.49% or 2810.0 points to end at 83430.0 and Seiko Epson Cor (T:6724) was up 2.71% or 36.0 points to 1362.0 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Trend Micro Inc. (T:4704), which fell 7.06% or 440.0 points to trade at 5790.0 at the close. Haseko Corp (T:1808) declined 6.96% or 92.0 points to end at 1230.0 and Tokyo Dome Corp. (T:9681) was down 6.55% or 63.0 points to 899.0.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 2717 to 845 and 138 ended unchanged.
Shares in Fast Retailing Co., Ltd. (T:9983) rose to all time highs; gaining 3.49% or 2810.0 to 83430.0.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0% to 21.87.
Crude oil for December delivery was down 1.56% or 0.64 to $40.48 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in January fell 1.15% or 0.50 to hit $43.03 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.26% or 4.85 to trade at $1878.15 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.11% to 105.00, while EUR/JPY fell 0.05% to 124.03.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.04% at 92.922.