Investing.com – Japan equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic, Banking and Textile sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 declined 0.43% to hit a new 1-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Kuraray Co., Ltd. (TYO:3405), which rose 3.40% or 50.50 points to trade at 1,537.50 at the close. Ebara Corp. (TYO:6361) added 2.32% or 159.00 points to end at 6,999.00 and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (TYO:7011) was up 1.68% or 125.00 points to 7,576.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included J.Front Retailing Co., Ltd. (TYO:3086), which lost 4.31% or 67.50 points to trade at 1,498.00 in late trade. Fujikura Ltd. (TYO:5803) declined 3.99% or 47.50 points to end at 1,143.00 and Isetan Mitsukoshi Holdings Ltd. (TYO:3099) shed 3.77% or 64.50 points to 1,645.50.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 2679 to 936 and 235 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 5.94% to 19.97.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for September delivery was up 0.17% or 0.14 to $80.53 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in October rose 0.05% or 0.04 to hit $84.16 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.38% or 7.25 to trade at $1,922.45 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.42% to 145.22, while EUR/JPY fell 0.44% to 157.86.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.14% at 103.32.