Japan shares lower at close of trade; Nikkei 225 down 0.67%

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 declined 0.67% to hit a new 1-month low.

The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Isetan Mitsukoshi Holdings Ltd. (T: 3099 ), which rose 4.14% or 23.0 points to trade at 579.0 at the close. Rakuten Inc (T: 4755 ) added 3.89% or 44.0 points to end at 1176.0 and Takashimaya Co., Ltd. (T: 8233 ) was up 3.49% or 29.0 points to 860.0 in late trade.

Biggest losers included Mitsubishi Materials Corp. (T: 5711 ), which lost 5.60% or 116.0 points to trade at 1954.0 in late trade. Daiichi Sankyo Co., Ltd. (T: 4568 ) declined 5.11% or 165.0 points to end at 3064.0 and Mitsui Mining and Smelting Co. (T: 5706 ) shed 4.75% or 121.0 points to 2424.0.

Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 2736 to 800 and 140 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.

The Nikkei Volatility , which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0% to 23.70.

In commodities trading, Crude oil for November delivery was down 2.30% or 0.89 to $37.83 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in December fell 2.39% or 0.98 to hit $39.95 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.03% or 0.60 to trade at $1916.90 a troy ounce.

USD/JPY was down 0.29% to 105.19, while EUR/JPY fell 0.46% to 123.36.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.01% at 93.775.