Investing.com – Japan stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Shipbuilding, Railway & Bus and Steel sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 fell 0.07%.
The best performers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were IHI Corp. (TYO:7013), which rose 6.94% or 261.00 points to trade at 4,020.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Sumitomo Metal Mining Co., Ltd. (TYO:5713) added 3.89% or 189.00 points to end at 5,046.00 and Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Ltd. (TYO:7012) was up 2.95% or 163.00 points to 5,694.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd. (TYO:5801), which fell 3.19% or 130.00 points to trade at 3,949.00 at the close. SoftBank Group Corp. (TYO:9984) declined 3.14% or 321.00 points to end at 9,889.00 and Aozora Bank, Ltd. (TYO:8304) was down 2.61% or 67.50 points to 2,514.50.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 1813 to 1784 and 265 ended unchanged.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 0.77% to 16.72.
Crude oil for August delivery was up 0.04% or 0.03 to $81.32 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in August rose 0.01% or 0.01 to hit $85.72 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 0.24% or 5.75 to trade at $2,374.75 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.05% to 158.98, while EUR/JPY rose 0.18% to 170.39.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.02% at 105.21.