Investing.com – Japan equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Retail, Electrical/Machinery and Rubber sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 declined 0.38%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Kyowa Hakko Kirin Co., Ltd. (TOKYO:4151), which rose 7.10% or 110.0 points to trade at 1659.0 at the close. Casio Computer Co., Ltd. (TOKYO:6952) added 4.13% or 96.0 points to end at 2419.0 and Nippon Telegraph & Telephone Corp (TOKYO:9432) was up 3.68% or 158.5 points to 4465.5 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Fast Retailing Co., Ltd. (TOKYO:9983), which lost 6.00% or 3450.0 points to trade at 54010.0 in late trade. Alps Electric Co., Ltd. (TOKYO:6770) declined 4.30% or 155.0 points to end at 3450.0 and Unitika, Ltd. (TOKYO:3103) shed 3.51% or 2.0 points to 55.0.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 978 to 904 on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 5.44% to 24.62 a new 3-month high.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for August delivery was up 1.68% or 0.89 to $53.66 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in August rose 1.48% or 0.87 to hit $59.48 a barrel, while the August Gold contract rose 0.17% or 2.00 to trade at $1161.20 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.46% to 121.90, while EUR/JPY rose 1.07% to 135.37.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.40% at 96.28.