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Investing.com – Japan equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Mining, Shipbuilding and Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 lost 1.73%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Takashimaya Co., Ltd. (TYO:8233), which rose 8.80% or 117.00 points to trade at 1,447.00 at the close. Tokyo Electric Power Co., Inc. (TYO:9501) added 2.12% or 12.00 points to end at 579.00 and Seiko Epson Cor (TYO:6724) was up 2.03% or 39.00 points to 1,959.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Tokyo Gas Co., Ltd. (TYO:9531), which lost 9.83% or 276.00 points to trade at 2,531.00 in late trade. Osaka Gas Co., Ltd. (TYO:9532) declined 6.93% or 180.00 points to end at 2,416.00 and TDK Corp (TYO:6762) shed 5.97% or 250.00 points to 3,940.00.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 2810 to 746 and 221 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 3.40% to 23.43.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for August delivery was down 0.08% or 0.08 to $105.68 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in September rose 0.14% or 0.15 to hit $109.18 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.60% or 10.90 to trade at $1,796.40 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.45% to 135.12, while EUR/JPY fell 0.78% to 141.16.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.27% at 104.75.
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