Investing.com – Japan equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Power, Finance & Investment and Glass sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 fell 3.55% to hit a new 1-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Tokuyama Corp. (T:4043), which rose 6.90% or 12.0 points to trade at 186.0 at the close. Softbank Corp. (T:9984) added 0.82% or 44.0 points to end at 5410.0 and KDDI Corp. (T:9433) was up 0.80% or 24.0 points to 3030.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Panasonic Corp. (T:6752), which lost 12.13% or 125.4 points to trade at 908.1 in late trade. IHI Corp. (T:7013) declined 7.14% or 17.0 points to end at 221.0 and Citizen Holdings Co., Ltd. (T:7762) shed 6.90% or 44.0 points to 594.0.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1817 to 73 and 16 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 18.71% to 26.96.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for May delivery was down 0.47% or 0.18 to $38.16 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in June fell 0.27% or 0.11 to hit $40.22 a barrel, while the June Gold contract fell 0.01% or 0.10 to trade at $1235.50 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.20% to 112.34, while EUR/JPY fell 0.16% to 127.90.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.04% at 94.61.