Investing.com – Japan equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic, Mining and Communication sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 lost 0.16%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were DeNA Co Ltd (T:2432), which rose 4.75% or 99.0 points to trade at 2182.0 at the close. Rakuten Inc (T:4755) added 4.50% or 49.0 points to end at 1138.0 and Suzuki Motor Corp. (T:7269) was up 3.21% or 164.0 points to 5276.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Inpex Corp. (T:1605), which lost 4.72% or 44.8 points to trade at 904.0 in late trade. Idemitsu Kosan Co Ltd (T:5019) declined 3.93% or 125.0 points to end at 3055.0 and JX Holdings, Inc. (T:5020) shed 3.77% or 19.8 points to 505.6.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1854 to 1627 and 242 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 3.59% to 17.71.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for July delivery was up 1.07% or 0.62 to $58.53 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in July rose 0.99% or 0.67 to hit $68.43 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 0.21% or 2.65 to trade at $1282.75 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.09% to 109.50, while EUR/JPY unchanged 0.00% to 122.52.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.08% at 97.648.