Investing.com – Japan stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Precision Instruments, Railway & Bus and Retail sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 fell 1.17%.
The best performers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Chiba Bank Ltd (TYO:8331), which rose 2.06% or 18.40 points to trade at 912.90 at the close. Meanwhile, SKY Perfect JSAT Holdings Inc. (TYO:9412) added 1.58% or 9.00 points to end at 580.00 and Fukuoka Financial Group, Inc. (TYO:8354) was up 1.34% or 41.00 points to 3,095.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Eisai Co., Ltd. (TYO:4523), which fell 4.67% or 460.00 points to trade at 9,382.00 at the close. Tokyo Electric Power Co., Inc. (TYO:9501) declined 3.23% or 17.50 points to end at 525.10 and Mitsui Fudosan Co., Ltd. (TYO:8801) was down 2.82% or 82.00 points to 2,827.50.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 2290 to 1300 and 256 ended unchanged.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 2.18% to 19.21.
Crude oil for August delivery was up 0.64% or 0.46 to $72.26 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in September rose 0.60% or 0.46 to hit $76.98 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 0.37% or 7.00 to trade at $1,922.40 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.60% to 143.19, while EUR/JPY fell 0.67% to 155.84.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.12% at 102.75.