Investing.com – Japan equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Mining, Food and Fishery sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 lost 0.56%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Tokai Carbon Co., Ltd. (T:5301), which rose 4.79% or 100.0 points to trade at 2188.0 at the close. Nippon Express Co., Ltd. (T:9062) added 4.50% or 370.0 points to end at 8600.0 and Aeon Co., Ltd. (T:8267) was up 3.55% or 80.5 points to 2351.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Hitachi Construction Machinery Co (T:6305), which lost 5.30% or 220.0 points to trade at 3930.0 in late trade. SUMCO Corp. (T:3436) declined 3.58% or 97.0 points to end at 2612.0 and Hokuetsu Kishu Paper Co., Ltd. (T:3865) shed 3.09% or 19.0 points to 596.0.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1759 to 1543 and 245 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 2.23% to 14.68.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for July delivery was down 0.47% or 0.31 to $65.64 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in August fell 0.53% or 0.41 to hit $76.91 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.02% or 0.30 to trade at $1302.70 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.30% to 109.37, while EUR/JPY fell 0.63% to 128.62.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.24% at 93.65.