Investing.com – Japan stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the , and sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the declined 2.46%.
The best performers of the session on the were Nitori Holdings Co Ltd (TYO:), which rose 4.52% or 750.00 points to trade at 17,330.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Sumitomo Realty & Development Co. (TYO:) added 3.88% or 190.00 points to end at 5,086.00 and Sapporo Holdings Ltd. (TYO:) 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:), which fell 6.49% or 126.00 points to trade at 1,814.00 at the close. Tokyo Electron Ltd. (TYO:) declined 6.18% or 2,350.00 points to end at 35,700.00 and Advantest Corp. (TYO:) 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 , 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.
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