Investing.com – Japan equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Marine Transport, Mining and Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 declined 0.37%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Furukawa Co., Ltd. (TOKYO:5715), which rose 5.34% or 15.0 points to trade at 296.0 at the close. Nippon Paper Industries Co., Ltd. (TOKYO:3863) added 4.03% or 85.0 points to end at 2196.0 and Oji Holdings Corp. (TOKYO:3861) was up 3.87% or 22.0 points to 590.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Comsys Holdings Corp. (TOKYO:1721), which lost 4.01% or 71.0 points to trade at 1699.0 in late trade. Amada Co., Ltd. (TOKYO:6113) declined 3.90% or 48.0 points to end at 1183.0 and Kubota Corp. (TOKYO:6326) shed 3.80% or 80.5 points to 2036.0.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1001 to 877 on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 10.10% to 17.00.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for September delivery was down 0.56% or 0.23 to $41.99 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in October fell 0.14% or 0.07 to hit $49.56 a barrel, while the December Gold contract rose 0.05% or 0.60 to trade at $1116.20 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.11% to 124.31, while EUR/JPY fell 0.09% to 138.63.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.03% at 96.39.