Investing.com – Japan equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Insurance, Banking and Transportation Equipment sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 fell 0.35%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Toshiba Corp. (T:6502), which rose 3.48% or 6.4 points to trade at 190.2 at the close. Minebea Mitsumi Inc (T:6479) added 2.86% or 45.0 points to end at 1621.0 and Fanuc Corp. (T:6954) was up 2.69% or 605.0 points to 23075.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Tokyo Dome Corp. (T:9681), which lost 4.40% or 50.0 points to trade at 1087.0 in late trade. JTEKT Corp. (T:6473) declined 2.83% or 56.0 points to end at 1925.0 and The Kansai Electric Power Co. (T:9503) shed 2.34% or 29.5 points to 1231.5.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1783 to 1210 and 368 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 8.59% to 14.58 a new 52-week low.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for April delivery was down 0.02% or 0.01 to $48.74 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in May fell 0.15% or 0.08 to hit $51.66 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 0.09% or 1.05 to trade at $1226.05 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.04% to 113.36, while EUR/JPY unchanged 0.00% to 121.97.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.07% at 100.16.