Investing.com – Japan equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Paper & Pulp, Railway & Bus and Real Estate sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 lost 0.23%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Ricoh Co., Ltd. (T:7752), which rose 8.59% or 96.0 points to trade at 1213.0 at the close. Citizen Holdings Co., Ltd. (T:7762) added 7.47% or 29.0 points to end at 417.0 and Casio Computer Co., Ltd. (T:6952) was up 4.55% or 93.0 points to 2137.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Hitachi Zosen Corp. (T:7004), which lost 7.50% or 69.0 points to trade at 851.0 in late trade. Recruit Holdings Co Ltd (T:6098) declined 6.34% or 334.0 points to end at 4931.0 and Pacific Metals Co., Ltd. (T:5541) shed 6.25% or 142.0 points to 2130.0.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1873 to 1645 and 220 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0% to 23.23.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for April delivery was up 1.57% or 1.00 to $64.83 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in May rose 1.75% or 1.17 to hit $67.91 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 0.29% or 4.85 to trade at $1695.85 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.25% to 108.24, while EUR/JPY rose 0.15% to 129.40.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.13% at 91.763.