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 2.31%.
The best performers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Rakuten Inc (T:4755), which rose 3.24% or 35.0 points to trade at 1116.0 at the close. Meanwhile, Nippon Electric Glass Co., Ltd. (T:5214) added 1.62% or 43.0 points to end at 2698.0 and Toyo Seikan Group Holdings, Ltd. (T:5901) was up 1.52% or 20.0 points to 1339.0 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Konami Corp. (T:9766), which fell 8.39% or 590.0 points to trade at 6440.0 at the close. Mitsui Chemicals, Inc. (T:4183) declined 5.98% or 225.0 points to end at 3540.0 and Sumitomo Chemical Co., Ltd. (T:4005) was down 5.30% or 31.0 points to 554.0.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 3077 to 543 and 133 ended unchanged.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0% to 22.40.
Crude oil for November delivery was down 0.27% or 0.20 to $74.83 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in December fell 0.26% or 0.20 to hit $78.11 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.16% or 2.85 to trade at $1754.15 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.05% to 111.21, while EUR/JPY fell 0.01% to 128.85.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.04% at 94.282.