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 lost 0.18%.
The best performers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Daiichi Sankyo Co., Ltd. (T:4568), which rose 8.52% or 792.0 points to trade at 10085.0 at the close. Meanwhile, Toppan Printing Co., Ltd. (T:7911) added 5.86% or 102.0 points to end at 1843.0 and Chugai Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. (T:4519) was up 5.76% or 865.0 points to 15890.0 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. (T:7201), which fell 10.79% or 48.5 points to trade at 400.9 at the close. Nikon Corp. (T:7731) declined 9.09% or 99.0 points to end at 990.0 and Mitsubishi Motors Corp. (T:7211) was down 8.98% or 30.0 points to 304.0.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 2117 to 1509 and 155 ended unchanged.
Shares in Daiichi Sankyo Co., Ltd. (T:4568) rose to all time highs; up 8.52% or 792.0 to 10085.0. Shares in Chugai Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. (T:4519) rose to all time highs; rising 5.76% or 865.0 to 15890.0.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0% to 26.99.
Crude oil for July delivery was down 2.46% or 0.83 to $32.88 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in August fell 1.86% or 0.67 to hit $35.36 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 0.34% or 5.90 to trade at $1719.20 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.42% to 107.17, while EUR/JPY fell 0.15% to 119.06.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.16% at 98.215.
