Investing.com – Japan stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Mining, Transportation Equipment and Banking sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 lost 0.40%.
The best performers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Yokogawa Electric Corp. (T:6841), which rose 2.93% or 34.0 points to trade at 1195.0 at the close. Meanwhile, Tokuyama Corp. (T:4043) added 2.26% or 6.0 points to end at 272.0 and Alps Electric Co., Ltd. (T:6770) was up 2.17% or 49.0 points to 2308.0 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Sumitomo Metal Mining Co., Ltd. (T:5713), which fell 5.28% or 62.5 points to trade at 1121.0 at the close. DOWA Holdings Co., Ltd. (T:5714) declined 4.61% or 30.0 points to end at 621.0 and GS Yuasa Corp. (T:6674) was down 3.90% or 18.0 points to 443.0.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 1202 to 631 and 164 ended unchanged.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 2.63% to 25.96.
Crude oil for July delivery was down 1.11% or 0.56 to $50.00 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in August fell 0.94% or 0.49 to hit $51.46 a barrel, while the August Gold contract fell 0.34% or 4.30 to trade at $1268.40 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.11% to 106.97, while EUR/JPY fell 0.29% to 120.84.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.13% at 94.22.