Investing.com – Japan equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Mining, Transportation Equipment and Banking sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 fell 0.40%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Yokogawa Electric Corp. (T:6841), which rose 2.93% or 34.0 points to trade at 1195.0 at the close. Tokuyama Corp. (T:4043) added 2.26% or 6.0 points to end at 272.0 and Alps Electric Co., Ltd. (T:6770) was up 2.17% or 49.0 points to 2308.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Sumitomo Metal Mining Co., Ltd. (T:5713), which lost 5.28% or 62.5 points to trade at 1121.0 in late trade. DOWA Holdings Co., Ltd. (T:5714) declined 4.61% or 30.0 points to end at 621.0 and GS Yuasa Corp. (T:6674) shed 3.90% or 18.0 points to 443.0.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1202 to 631 and 164 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 2.63% to 25.96.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for July delivery was down 1.11% or 0.56 to $50.00 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in August fell 0.94% or 0.49 to hit $51.46 a barrel, while the August Gold contract fell 0.33% or 4.25 to trade at $1268.45 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.11% to 106.97, while EUR/JPY fell 0.29% to 120.84.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.13% at 94.22.