Investing.com – Japan equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Shipbuilding, Steel and Gas & Water sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 lost 1.27%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Fujikura Ltd. (TYO:5803), which rose 4.88% or 149.00 points to trade at 3,205.00 at the close. Shiseido Co., Ltd. (TYO:4911) added 4.22% or 203.00 points to end at 5,018.00 and DIC Corp (TYO:4631) was up 3.82% or 121.00 points to 3,292.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Fuji Electric Co., Ltd. (TYO:6504), which lost 11.19% or 1,110.00 points to trade at 8,814.00 in late trade. Lasertec Corp (TYO:6920) declined 4.49% or 2,040.00 points to end at 43,430.00 and Advantest Corp. (TYO:6857) shed 4.48% or 262.00 points to 5,591.00.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 2189 to 1416 and 268 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0.00% to 17.11.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for July delivery was up 0.01% or 0.01 to $76.88 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in July rose 0.05% or 0.04 to hit $81.40 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 0.03% or 0.80 to trade at $2,338.00 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.09% to 157.07, while EUR/JPY rose 0.10% to 169.88.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.06% at 104.97.