Investing.com – Japan equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Mining, Marine Transport and Shipbuilding sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 declined 0.18%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Nippon Paper Industries Co., Ltd. (T:3863), which rose 3.75% or 77.0 points to trade at 2129.0 at the close. Haseko Corp (T:1808) added 1.77% or 24.00 points to end at 1379.00 and Hitachi Zosen Corp. (T:7004) was up 1.71% or 6.0 points to 357.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd. (T:9107), which lost 4.88% or 81.0 points to trade at 1580.0 in late trade. Nippon Express Co., Ltd. (T:9062) declined 4.86% or 340.0 points to end at 6650.0 and Yamato Holdings Co., Ltd. (T:9064) shed 3.26% or 97.0 points to 2876.0.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1951 to 1479 and 263 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 3.04% to 17.57.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for April delivery was up 0.28% or 0.16 to $57.12 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in April rose 0.13% or 0.09 to hit $67.16 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 0.10% or 1.35 to trade at $1329.15 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.04% to 110.73, while EUR/JPY rose 0.14% to 125.65.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.05% at 96.412.