Investing.com – Japan equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Shipbuilding, Marine Transport and Manufacturing sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 lost 0.22%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Yaskawa Electric Corp. (T:6506), which rose 10.04% or 256.0 points to trade at 2806.0 at the close. Toshiba Corp. (T:6502) added 5.45% or 14.3 points to end at 276.9 and Mitsubishi Electric Corp. (T:6503) was up 4.66% or 76.6 points to 1720.8 in late trade.
Biggest losers included TDK Corp. (T:6762), which lost 3.25% or 260.0 points to trade at 7730.0 in late trade. Showa Denko K.K. (T:4004) declined 2.84% or 90.0 points to end at 3075.0 and Toho Zinc Co., Ltd. (T:5707) shed 2.35% or 11.0 points to 458.0.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1665 to 1479 and 323 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 1.51% to 12.42 a new 5-year low.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for September delivery was up 0.43% or 0.20 to $47.12 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in September rose 0.51% or 0.25 to hit $49.55 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 0.11% or 1.38 to trade at $1246.88 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.16% to 111.73, while EUR/JPY fell 0.05% to 130.12.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.10% at 93.99.