Investing.com – Japan equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic, Banking and Shipbuilding sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 fell 0.55%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Haseko Corp (T:1808), which rose 3.90% or 60.00 points to trade at 1600.00 at the close. Yamato Holdings Co., Ltd. (T:9064) added 2.87% or 75.5 points to end at 2707.0 and Tokyo Tatemono Co., Ltd. (T:8804) was up 1.82% or 30.0 points to 1682.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Tokai Carbon Co., Ltd. (T:5301), which lost 3.39% or 59.0 points to trade at 1683.0 in late trade. TDK Corp. (T:6762) declined 3.27% or 340.0 points to end at 10060.0 and Tokuyama Corp. (T:4043) shed 2.69% or 90.0 points to 3260.0.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 2059 to 1304 and 198 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 0.33% to 21.08.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for April delivery was up 0.08% or 0.05 to $61.24 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in May rose 0.06% or 0.04 to hit $65.16 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 0.05% or 0.60 to trade at $1318.40 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.64% to 105.66, while EUR/JPY fell 0.50% to 130.21.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.19% at 89.97.