Investing.com – Japan equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Gas & Water, Fishery and Shipbuilding sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 lost 0.36%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Daiichi Sankyo Co., Ltd. (T:4568), which rose 4.74% or 169.0 points to trade at 3732.0 at the close. Seven & i Holdings Co., Ltd. (T:3382) added 3.37% or 156.0 points to end at 4780.0 and JX Holdings, Inc. (T:5020) was up 3.06% or 19.5 points to 657.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Takeda Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. (T:4502), which lost 5.03% or 265.0 points to trade at 5000.0 in late trade. Unitika, Ltd. (T:3103) declined 4.01% or 28.0 points to end at 670.0 and SUMCO Corp. (T:3436) shed 3.87% or 104.0 points to 2585.0.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 2284 to 1108 and 156 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 2.79% to 21.63.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for May delivery was down 0.36% or 0.23 to $63.31 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in June fell 0.32% or 0.22 to hit $68.11 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 0.04% or 0.50 to trade at $1328.00 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.01% to 107.38, while EUR/JPY fell 0.07% to 131.36.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.07% at 90.18.