Investing.com – Japan equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Shipbuilding, Rubber and Transportation Equipment sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 lost 0.47%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Resona Holdings, Inc. (TYO:8308), which rose 8.22% or 57.70 points to trade at 759.70 at the close. T&D Holdings, Inc. (TYO:8795) added 7.46% or 162.50 points to end at 2,342.00 and Dai-ichi Life Holdings Inc (TYO:8750) was up 7.18% or 193.50 points to 2,888.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Hino Motors, Ltd. (TYO:7205), which lost 9.59% or 60.40 points to trade at 569.20 in late trade. Omron Cor (TYO:6645) declined 9.50% or 800.00 points to end at 7,617.00 and Fujitsu Ltd. (TYO:6702) shed 3.93% or 740.00 points to 18,095.00.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 2310 to 1325 and 210 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 1.98% to 18.83.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for September delivery was down 0.01% or 0.01 to $80.08 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in October fell 0.04% or 0.03 to hit $83.76 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 0.16% or 3.10 to trade at $1,948.80 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.04% to 139.50, while EUR/JPY fell 0.19% to 152.83.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.16% at 101.71.