Investing.com – Japan equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Mining, Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic and Steel sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 fell 0.64%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were NEC Corp. (T:6701), which rose 3.59% or 10.0 points to trade at 288.5 at the close. DOWA Holdings Co., Ltd. (T:5714) added 2.92% or 23.0 points to end at 812.0 and Furukawa Co., Ltd. (T:5715) was up 2.59% or 5.0 points to 198.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Unitika, Ltd. (T:3103), which lost 3.66% or 3.0 points to trade at 79.0 in late trade. Nippon Sheet Glass Co., Ltd. (T:5202) declined 3.03% or 27.0 points to end at 865.0 and Ube Industries, Ltd. (T:4208) shed 2.93% or 8.0 points to 265.0.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 2172 to 860 and 330 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 2.70% to 14.80.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for July delivery was up 0.47% or 0.23 to $49.13 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in July rose 0.60% or 0.31 to hit $51.77 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 0.52% or 6.50 to trade at $1262.90 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.62% to 111.14, while EUR/JPY fell 0.48% to 124.75.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.13% at 97.01.