Investing.com – Japan stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Precision Instruments, Electrical/Machinery and Insurance 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 NEC Corp. (TYO:6701), which rose 3.60% or 480.00 points to trade at 13,825.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Hoya Cor (TYO:7741) added 3.45% or 665.00 points to end at 19,930.00 and Renesas Electronics Corp (TYO:6723) was up 3.45% or 104.00 points to 3,116.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Astellas Pharma Inc. (TYO:4503), which fell 3.24% or 55.00 points to trade at 1,642.00 at the close. Japan Post Holdings Co Ltd (TYO:6178) declined 3.14% or 52.00 points to end at 1,602.50 and Sumitomo Metal Mining Co., Ltd. (TYO:5713) was down 3.13% or 159.00 points to 4,920.00.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 2435 to 1171 and 262 ended unchanged.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 0.50% to 18.00.
Crude oil for September delivery was down 0.70% or 0.57 to $80.73 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in September fell 0.49% or 0.42 to hit $84.69 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 1.46% or 35.85 to trade at $2,420.55 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.27% to 157.79, while EUR/JPY rose 0.20% to 171.80.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.14% at 104.04.