Investing.com – Japan equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Power, Retail and Real Estate sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 fell 0.40%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Japan Steel Works Ltd (TYO:5631), which rose 7.01% or 292.00 points to trade at 4,456.00 at the close. Dai-ichi Life Holdings Inc (TYO:8750) added 3.52% or 129.00 points to end at 3,796.00 and Sumitomo Mitsui Financial (TYO:8316) was up 3.44% or 323.00 points to 9,723.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Sumitomo Dainippon Pharma Co Ltd (TYO:4506), which lost 5.35% or 19.00 points to trade at 336.00 in late trade. Dentsu Inc. (TYO:4324) declined 4.32% or 187.00 points to end at 4,143.00 and CyberAgent Inc (TYO:4751) shed 4.27% or 46.00 points to 1,030.50.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 2197 to 1444 and 234 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 1.21% to 18.45.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for June delivery was up 0.45% or 0.36 to $79.59 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in July rose 0.62% or 0.52 to hit $83.79 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 0.15% or 3.65 to trade at $2,389.15 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.22% to 155.72, while EUR/JPY rose 0.17% to 169.17.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.11% at 104.46.