Investing.com – Japan stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Mining, Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic and Steel sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 declined 0.64%.
The best performers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were NEC Corp. (T:6701), which rose 3.59% or 10.0 points to trade at 288.5 at the close. Meanwhile, DOWA Holdings Co., Ltd. (T:5714) added 2.92% or 23.0 points to end at 812.0 and Furukawa Co., Ltd. (T:5715) was up 2.59% or 5.0 points to 198.0 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Unitika, Ltd. (T:3103), which fell 3.66% or 3.0 points to trade at 79.0 at the close. Nippon Sheet Glass Co., Ltd. (T:5202) declined 3.03% or 27.0 points to end at 865.0 and Ube Industries, Ltd. (T:4208) was down 2.93% or 8.0 points to 265.0.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 2172 to 860 and 330 ended unchanged.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 2.70% to 14.80.
Crude oil for July delivery was up 0.47% or 0.23 to $49.13 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in July rose 0.60% or 0.31 to hit $51.77 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 0.52% or 6.54 to trade at $1262.94 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.62% to 111.14, while EUR/JPY fell 0.48% to 124.75.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.13% at 97.01.