Investing.com – Japan stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Mining, Retail and Paper & Pulp sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 lost 0.92%.
The best performers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Toho Zinc Co., Ltd. (T:5707), which rose 3.06% or 14.0 points to trade at 472.0 at the close. Meanwhile, Sumitomo Chemical Co., Ltd. (T:4005) added 2.95% or 18.5 points to end at 645.5 and Mitsubishi Materials Corp. (T:5711) was up 2.41% or 80.0 points to 3397.6 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Taiyo Yuden Co., Ltd. (T:6976), which fell 3.29% or 60.0 points to trade at 1762.0 at the close. Dainippon Screen Mfg. Co., Ltd. (T:7735) declined 3.23% or 250.0 points to end at 7495.1 and Nippon Suisan Kaisha, Ltd. (T:1332) was down 3.10% or 21.0 points to 657.0.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 2160 to 1006 and 294 ended unchanged.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 3.27% to 13.60.
Crude oil for August delivery was up 0.78% or 0.35 to $45.28 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in September rose 0.73% or 0.35 to hit $47.98 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.11% or 1.40 to trade at $1244.40 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.18% to 111.99, while EUR/JPY fell 0.56% to 127.62.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.22% at 95.53.