Investing.com – Japan equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Machinery, Banking and Warehousing sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 fell 0.67%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd. (TOKYO:4063), which rose 4.20% or 305.0 points to trade at 7575.0 at the close. Casio Computer Co., Ltd. (TOKYO:6952) added 2.78% or 68.0 points to end at 2512.0 and Sumitomo Chemical Co., Ltd. (TOKYO:4005) was up 2.47% or 18.0 points to 747.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Asahi Glass Co., Ltd. (TOKYO:5201), which lost 3.81% or 28.0 points to trade at 706.0 in late trade. Maruha Nichiro Corp (TOKYO:1333) declined 3.55% or 77.0 points to end at 2091.0 and Unitika, Ltd. (TOKYO:3103) shed 3.33% or 2.0 points to 58.0.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1293 to 587 and 1 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 7.25% to 18.49.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for September delivery was up 0.60% or 0.29 to $48.74 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in September rose 0.22% or 0.12 to hit $55.39 a barrel, while the August Gold contract fell 0.97% or 10.60 to trade at $1083.50 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.02% to 123.89, while EUR/JPY rose 0.01% to 136.12.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.02% at 97.30.