Investing.com – Japan stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Mining, Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic and Retail sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 declined 0.33%.
The best performers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Tokai Carbon Co., Ltd. (T:5301), which rose 3.19% or 20.0 points to trade at 646.0 at the close. Meanwhile, Toho Zinc Co., Ltd. (T:5707) added 2.80% or 13.0 points to end at 477.0 and Sony Financial Holdings Inc. (T:8729) was up 2.57% or 51.0 points to 2037.0 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Canon Inc (T:7751), which fell 3.77% or 143.0 points to trade at 3652.0 at the close. Osaka Gas Co., Ltd. (T:9532) declined 3.01% or 13.7 points to end at 441.4 and Familymart Ltd (T:8028) was down 2.81% or 180.0 points to 6230.0.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 2120 to 1081 and 242 ended unchanged.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 5.04% to 16.27 a new 1-month high.
Crude oil for August delivery was down 1.89% or 0.86 to $44.66 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in September fell 1.77% or 0.85 to hit $47.26 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.20% or 2.41 to trade at $1220.89 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.47% to 113.75, while EUR/JPY rose 0.39% to 129.85.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.17% at 95.74.