Investing.com – Japan stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Shipbuilding, Paper & Pulp and Machinery sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 declined 2.46%.
The best performers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Nitori Holdings Co Ltd (TYO:9843), which rose 4.52% or 750.00 points to trade at 17,330.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Sumitomo Realty & Development Co. (TYO:8830) added 3.88% or 190.00 points to end at 5,086.00 and Sapporo Holdings Ltd. (TYO:2501) was up 3.46% or 211.00 points to 6,311.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Seven & i Holdings Co., Ltd. (TYO:3382), which fell 6.49% or 126.00 points to trade at 1,814.00 at the close. Tokyo Electron Ltd. (TYO:8035) declined 6.18% or 2,350.00 points to end at 35,700.00 and Advantest Corp. (TYO:6857) was down 5.57% or 381.00 points to 6,460.00.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 2388 to 1237 and 253 ended unchanged.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 1.83% to 17.79.
Crude oil for August delivery was up 0.67% or 0.55 to $83.17 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in September rose 0.54% or 0.46 to hit $85.86 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.52% or 12.55 to trade at $2,409.35 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.20% to 159.12, while EUR/JPY rose 0.17% to 172.92.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.06% at 104.19.