Investing.com – Japan equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Shipbuilding, Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic and Paper & Pulp sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 lost 0.60%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Denso Corp. (T:6902), which rose 5.25% or 256.0 points to trade at 5133.0 at the close. Toyota Tsusho Corp. (T:8015) added 4.68% or 155.0 points to end at 3465.0 and Nisshin Steel Holdings Co., Ltd. (T:5413) was up 3.38% or 44.0 points to 1344.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Toshiba Corp. (T:6502), which lost 13.46% or 36.1 points to trade at 232.2 in late trade. Tokyo Electron Ltd. (T:8035) declined 7.15% or 1210.0 points to end at 15705.0 and Dainippon Screen Mfg. Co., Ltd. (T:7735) shed 6.34% or 500.0 points to 7385.1.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 2029 to 1178 and 254 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 2.04% to 12.48.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for September delivery was down 0.02% or 0.01 to $49.03 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in September rose 0.45% or 0.23 to hit $51.72 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.01% or 0.10 to trade at $1259.90 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.05% to 111.19, while EUR/JPY rose 0.21% to 130.15.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.18% at 93.60.