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 0.61%.
The best performers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were SUMCO Corp. (T:3436), which rose 6.99% or 158.0 points to trade at 2418.0 at the close. Meanwhile, Konami Corp. (T:9766) added 4.45% or 280.0 points to end at 6570.0 and Nippon Suisan Kaisha, Ltd. (T:1332) was up 4.09% or 26.0 points to 661.0 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Tokai Carbon Co., Ltd. (T:5301), which fell 9.58% or 145.0 points to trade at 1368.0 at the close. Nikon Corp. (T:7731) declined 8.01% or 104.0 points to end at 1195.0 and Showa Denko K.K. (T:4004) was down 6.64% or 195.0 points to 2740.0.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 2413 to 1113 and 222 ended unchanged.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0% to 19.55 a new 1-month low.
Crude oil for December delivery was up 0.56% or 0.44 to $79.25 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in January rose 0.11% or 0.09 to hit $80.63 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.30% or 5.40 to trade at $1798.90 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.07% to 113.68, while EUR/JPY rose 0.02% to 131.45.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.07% at 94.273.