Investing.com – Japan equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Paper & Pulp, Food and Pharmaceutical Industry sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 lost 1.63% to hit a new 3-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Rakuten Inc (T:4755), which rose 1.98% or 22.0 points to trade at 1135.0 at the close. Yahoo Japan Corp. (T:4689) added 1.62% or 5.0 points to end at 313.0 and Odakyu Electric Railway Co., Ltd. (T:9007) was up 1.02% or 27.0 points to 2680.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Chiyoda Corp. (T:6366), which lost 7.94% or 25.0 points to trade at 290.0 in late trade. Mazda Motor Corp (T:7261) declined 7.03% or 80.3 points to end at 1062.7 and Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. (T:7201) shed 5.39% or 41.8 points to 734.0.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 2754 to 750 and 196 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 4.58% to 18.49.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for July delivery was down 0.76% or 0.43 to $56.16 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in August fell 0.93% or 0.61 to hit $64.72 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 0.57% or 7.30 to trade at $1294.40 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.71% to 108.83, while EUR/JPY fell 0.64% to 121.20.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.08% at 97.977.