Investing.com – Japan equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Shipbuilding, Railway & Bus and Steel sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 fell 0.07%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were IHI Corp. (TYO:7013), which rose 6.94% or 261.00 points to trade at 4,020.00 at the close. Sumitomo Metal Mining Co., Ltd. (TYO:5713) added 3.89% or 189.00 points to end at 5,046.00 and Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Ltd. (TYO:7012) was up 2.95% or 163.00 points to 5,694.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd. (TYO:5801), which lost 3.19% or 130.00 points to trade at 3,949.00 in late trade. SoftBank Group Corp. (TYO:9984) declined 3.14% or 321.00 points to end at 9,889.00 and Aozora Bank, Ltd. (TYO:8304) shed 2.61% or 67.50 points to 2,514.50.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1813 to 1784 and 265 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 0.77% to 16.72.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for August delivery was up 0.04% or 0.03 to $81.32 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in August rose 0.01% or 0.01 to hit $85.72 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 0.24% or 5.80 to trade at $2,374.80 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.04% to 158.96, while EUR/JPY rose 0.16% to 170.37.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.02% at 105.21.