Investing.com – Japan equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Insurance, Financial Services and Shipbuilding sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 fell 0.13%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Casio Computer Co., Ltd. (TOKYO:6952), which rose 3.08% or 72.0 points to trade at 2409.0 at the close. ANA Holdings Inc. (TOKYO:9202) added 3.03% or 9.9 points to end at 336.7 and Keisei Electric Railway Co., Ltd. (TOKYO:9009) was up 2.91% or 41.0 points to 1451.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Sojitz Corp. (TOKYO:2768), which lost 3.51% or 11.0 points to trade at 302.0 in late trade. Unitika, Ltd. (TOKYO:3103) declined 3.23% or 2.0 points to end at 60.0 and Dentsu Inc. (TOKYO:4324) shed 2.98% or 190.0 points to 6180.0.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 996 to 886 and 1 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 0.71% to 18.52.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for July delivery was down 0.63% or 0.36 to $57.63 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in July fell 0.30% or 0.18 to hit $61.84 a barrel, while the August Gold contract rose 0.14% or 1.70 to trade at $1176.90 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.12% to 124.51, while EUR/JPY rose 0.17% to 139.99.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.06% at 95.55.