Investing.com – Japan equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Power, Chemical and Warehousing sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 declined 1.77% to hit a new 1-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Keio Corp. (TYO:9008), which rose 5.50% or 245.00 points to trade at 4,700.00 at the close. Meiji Holdings Co., Ltd. (TYO:2269) added 3.04% or 190.00 points to end at 6,450.00 and Osaka Gas Co., Ltd. (TYO:9532) was up 2.83% or 69.00 points to 2,505.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Tokai Carbon Co., Ltd. (TYO:5301), which lost 7.37% or 86.00 points to trade at 1,081.00 in late trade. Showa Denko K.K. (TYO:4004) declined 6.29% or 162.00 points to end at 2,413.00 and SUMCO Corp. (TYO:3436) shed 5.88% or 118.00 points to 1,890.00.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 2834 to 768 and 176 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 3.69% to 25.34.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for July delivery was up 0.52% or 0.61 to $118.20 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in August rose 0.48% or 0.58 to hit $120.39 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 0.02% or 0.30 to trade at $1,850.20 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 1.52% to 134.21, while EUR/JPY rose 1.35% to 141.32.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.55% at 103.99.