Investing.com – Japan equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Insurance, Pharmaceutical Industry and Power sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 declined 0.13%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Dainippon Screen Mfg. Co., Ltd. (TYO:7735), which rose 2.83% or 320.00 points to trade at 11,640.00 at the close. Odakyu Electric Railway Co., Ltd. (TYO:9007) added 2.25% or 37.00 points to end at 1,682.00 and SUMCO Corp. (TYO:3436) was up 2.25% or 43.00 points to 1,954.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Hitachi Zosen Corp. (TYO:7004), which lost 4.15% or 36.00 points to trade at 831.00 in late trade. DOWA Holdings Co., Ltd. (TYO:5714) declined 2.92% or 125.00 points to end at 4,160.00 and Terumo Corp. (TYO:4543) shed 2.79% or 99.00 points to 3,448.00.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1826 to 1679 and 321 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 10.18% to 20.48.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for May delivery was up 0.43% or 0.30 to $70.26 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in May rose 0.37% or 0.28 to hit $76.19 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 0.30% or 5.95 to trade at $1,989.95 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.36% to 130.35, while EUR/JPY fell 0.37% to 141.15.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.01% at 102.22.