Investing.com – Japan equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Finance & Investment, Banking and Transport sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 declined 0.29%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Fast Retailing Co., Ltd. (TYO:9983), which rose 8.83% or 5,260.00 points to trade at 64,810.00 at the close. Toho Zinc Co., Ltd. (TYO:5707) added 3.63% or 110.00 points to end at 3,140.00 and Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Ltd. (TYO:7012) was up 3.16% or 72.00 points to 2,347.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Tokyo Electron Ltd. (TYO:8035), which lost 4.99% or 2,830.00 points to trade at 53,880.00 in late trade. Dainippon Screen Mfg. Co., Ltd. (TYO:7735) declined 4.74% or 510.00 points to end at 10,260.00 and Advantest Corp. (TYO:6857) shed 4.04% or 350.00 points to 8,320.00.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 2548 to 971 and 227 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 8.79% to 20.85.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for May delivery was up 2.17% or 2.26 to $106.51 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in June fell 0.09% or 0.10 to hit $111.23 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 0.61% or 12.20 to trade at $1,972.50 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.48% to 126.47, while EUR/JPY rose 0.30% to 136.70.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.39% at 100.30.