Investing.com – Japan equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Pharmaceutical Industry, Mining and Electrical/Machinery sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 lost 0.37%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Konami Corp. (T:9766), which rose 4.20% or 150.0 points to trade at 3725.0 at the close. Shimizu Corp. (T:1803) added 3.71% or 36.0 points to end at 1007.0 and Ube Industries, Ltd. (T:4208) was up 2.93% or 6.0 points to 211.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Fujitsu Ltd. (T:6702), which lost 6.09% or 25.5 points to trade at 393.5 in late trade. Casio Computer Co., Ltd. (T:6952) declined 3.72% or 81.0 points to end at 2097.0 and Alps Electric Co., Ltd. (T:6770) shed 3.39% or 67.0 points to 1910.0.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1289 to 586 and 126 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 2.11% to 26.66.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for May delivery was up 0.29% or 0.12 to $41.62 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in June rose 0.16% or 0.07 to hit $43.91 a barrel, while the June Gold contract rose 0.43% or 5.30 to trade at $1231.80 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.02% to 109.42, while EUR/JPY fell 0.01% to 123.22.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.02% at 94.92.