Investing.com – Japan equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Mining, Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic and Fishery sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 fell 0.56%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Konami Corp. (T:9766), which rose 3.23% or 250.00 points to trade at 8,000.00 at the close. Pacific Metals Co., Ltd. (T:5541) added 2.91% or 120.00 points to end at 4,250.00 and Sumitomo Dainippon Pharma Co Ltd (T:4506) was up 2.73% or 33.00 points to 1,241.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Nippon Yusen K.K (T:9101), which lost 6.88% or 740.00 points to trade at 10,020.00 in late trade. Citizen Holdings Co., Ltd. (T:7762) declined 5.76% or 30.00 points to end at 491.00 and Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd. (T:9107) shed 4.99% or 400.00 points to 7,620.00.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1804 to 1721 and 245 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 3.66% to 22.37 a new 1-month low.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for May delivery was down 1.70% or 1.70 to $98.58 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in June fell 1.45% or 1.52 to hit $103.19 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 0.99% or 19.30 to trade at $1,929.90 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.74% to 122.57, while EUR/JPY rose 0.61% to 135.46.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.24% at 98.59.