Investing.com – Japan stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Shipbuilding, Insurance and Banking sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 declined 0.22%.
The best performers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Lasertec Corp (TYO:6920), which rose 4.87% or 1,680.00 points to trade at 36,200.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Nitto Denko Co (TYO:6988) added 4.73% or 555.00 points to end at 12,300.00 and J.Front Retailing Co., Ltd. (TYO:3086) was up 3.54% or 56.00 points to 1,639.50 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Shionogi & Co., Ltd. (TYO:4507), which fell 12.91% or 934.00 points to trade at 6,301.00 at the close. Keisei Electric Railway Co., Ltd. (TYO:9009) declined 3.56% or 202.00 points to end at 5,473.00 and Kansai Electric Power Co Inc (TYO:9503) was down 3.08% or 89.00 points to 2,799.00.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 2046 to 1513 and 296 ended unchanged.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 3.62% to 17.77.
Crude oil for July delivery was up 0.12% or 0.09 to $75.64 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in August rose 0.09% or 0.07 to hit $79.94 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 0.06% or 1.55 to trade at $2,392.45 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.23% to 155.24, while EUR/JPY fell 0.24% to 169.06.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.01% at 104.04.