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 1.41%.
The best performers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Dai-ichi Life Holdings Inc (T:8750), which rose 4.41% or 67.0 points to trade at 1585.5 at the close. Meanwhile, T&D Holdings, Inc. (T:8795) added 4.24% or 45.0 points to end at 1107.0 and Tokio Marine Holdings, Inc. (T:8766) was up 4.11% or 195.0 points to 4943.0 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Pacific Metals Co., Ltd. (T:5541), which fell 4.78% or 88.0 points to trade at 1754.0 at the close. Yahoo Japan Corp. (T:4689) declined 4.43% or 32.0 points to end at 691.0 and Chugai Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. (T:4519) was down 3.69% or 179.0 points to 4673.0.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 2762 to 819 and 132 ended unchanged.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0% to 21.97.
Crude oil for October delivery was down 0.60% or 0.26 to $42.78 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in November fell 0.50% or 0.23 to hit $45.37 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 1.14% or 22.10 to trade at $1954.70 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.46% to 106.06, while EUR/JPY rose 0.12% to 126.10.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.52% at 92.505.