Investing.com – Japan equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Shipbuilding, Insurance and Banking sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 fell 0.22%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Lasertec Corp (TYO:6920), which rose 4.87% or 1,680.00 points to trade at 36,200.00 at the close. Nitto Denko Co (TYO:6988) added 4.73% or 555.00 points to end at 12,300.00 and J.Front Retailing Co., Ltd. (TYO:3086) was up 3.54% or 56.00 points to 1,639.50 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Shionogi & Co., Ltd. (TYO:4507), which lost 12.91% or 934.00 points to trade at 6,301.00 in late trade. Keisei Electric Railway Co., Ltd. (TYO:9009) declined 3.56% or 202.00 points to end at 5,473.00 and Kansai Electric Power Co Inc (TYO:9503) shed 3.08% or 89.00 points to 2,799.00.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 2046 to 1513 and 296 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 3.62% to 17.77.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for July delivery was up 0.13% or 0.10 to $75.65 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in August rose 0.09% or 0.07 to hit $79.94 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 0.08% or 1.90 to trade at $2,392.80 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.22% to 155.26, while EUR/JPY fell 0.23% to 169.07.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.01% at 104.05.