Investing.com – Japan stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Paper & Pulp, Railway & Bus and Real Estate sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 fell 0.40%.
The best performers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were J.Front Retailing Co., Ltd. (T:3086), which rose 4.68% or 52.0 points to trade at 1163.0 at the close. Meanwhile, Oji Holdings Corp. (T:3861) added 4.47% or 29.0 points to end at 678.0 and Mitsui Chemicals, Inc. (T:4183) was up 4.38% or 170.0 points to 4055.0 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Tokyo Electric Power Co., Inc. (T:9501), which fell 3.12% or 11.0 points to trade at 342.0 at the close. Sumitomo Metal Mining Co., Ltd. (T:5713) declined 2.79% or 137.0 points to end at 4770.0 and Z Holdings Corp (T:4689) was down 2.53% or 13.0 points to 500.0.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 1841 to 1632 and 258 ended unchanged.
Shares in Mitsui Chemicals, Inc. (T:4183) rose to 5-year highs; rising 4.38% or 170.0 to 4055.0.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0% to 20.34.
Crude oil for July delivery was up 0.49% or 0.34 to $69.15 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in August rose 0.42% or 0.30 to hit $71.61 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 0.15% or 2.85 to trade at $1876.15 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.08% to 110.19, while EUR/JPY fell 0.16% to 133.49.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.07% at 90.560.