Investing.com – Japan equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Gas & Water, Transport and Paper & Pulp sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 lost 0.14%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Daiichi Sankyo Co., Ltd. (T:4568), which rose 4.84% or 169.0 points to trade at 3664.0 at the close. Pacific Metals Co., Ltd. (T:5541) added 4.26% or 155.0 points to end at 3795.0 and Olympus Corp. (T:7733) was up 4.02% or 155.0 points to 4015.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Takeda Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. (T:4502), which lost 3.41% or 152.0 points to trade at 4300.0 in late trade. Kao Corp. (T:4452) declined 2.99% or 252.0 points to end at 8190.0 and Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd. (T:5801) shed 2.85% or 120.0 points to 4090.0.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1755 to 1595 and 206 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 9.53% to 17.09.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for July delivery was up 0.24% or 0.16 to $67.20 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in August rose 0.17% or 0.13 to hit $77.69 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 0.08% or 1.00 to trade at $1299.10 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.31% to 109.16, while EUR/JPY rose 0.27% to 127.58.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.09% at 94.03.