Investing.com – Japan equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Mining, Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic and Retail sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 fell 0.33%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Tokai Carbon Co., Ltd. (T:5301), which rose 3.19% or 20.0 points to trade at 646.0 at the close. Toho Zinc Co., Ltd. (T:5707) added 2.80% or 13.0 points to end at 477.0 and Sony Financial Holdings Inc. (T:8729) was up 2.57% or 51.0 points to 2037.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Canon Inc (T:7751), which lost 3.77% or 143.0 points to trade at 3652.0 in late trade. Osaka Gas Co., Ltd. (T:9532) declined 3.01% or 13.7 points to end at 441.4 and Familymart Ltd (T:8028) shed 2.81% or 180.0 points to 6230.0.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 2120 to 1081 and 242 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 5.04% to 16.27 a new 1-month high.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for August delivery was down 1.89% or 0.86 to $44.66 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in September fell 1.77% or 0.85 to hit $47.26 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.20% or 2.41 to trade at $1220.89 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.46% to 113.74, while EUR/JPY rose 0.39% to 129.85.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.17% at 95.74.