Investing.com – Japan equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Manufacturing, Paper & Pulp and Services sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 lost 0.49%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Fast Retailing Co., Ltd. (T:9983), which rose 2.11% or 770.0 points to trade at 37270.0 at the close. Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. (T:9104) added 1.87% or 7.0 points to end at 381.5 and Maruha Nichiro Corp (T:1333) was up 1.62% or 55.0 points to 3455.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included SUMCO Corp. (T:3436), which lost 5.16% or 92.0 points to trade at 1690.0 in late trade. Taiyo Yuden Co., Ltd. (T:6976) declined 4.52% or 69.0 points to end at 1459.0 and Obayashi Corp. (T:1802) shed 3.90% or 42.0 points to 1036.0.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1859 to 1120 and 367 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 1.46% to 17.55.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for April delivery was up 0.40% or 0.21 to $52.82 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in May rose 0.42% or 0.23 to hit $55.31 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 0.34% or 4.15 to trade at $1228.75 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.19% to 114.20, while EUR/JPY fell 0.07% to 120.14.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.10% at 102.06.