Investing.com – Japan equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Power, Textile and Shipbuilding sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 declined 1.67%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Toppan Printing Co., Ltd. (TYO:7911), which rose 5.73% or 150.00 points to trade at 2,767.00 at the close. Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd. (TYO:7912) added 3.69% or 140.00 points to end at 3,930.00 and Sekisui House, Ltd. (TYO:1928) was up 1.59% or 43.50 points to 2,771.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Resona Holdings, Inc. (TYO:8308), which lost 7.47% or 59.20 points to trade at 733.80 in late trade. Chiba Bank Ltd (TYO:8331) declined 7.33% or 76.00 points to end at 961.00 and Nippon Yusen K.K (TYO:9101) shed 6.58% or 239.00 points to 3,395.00.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 3042 to 594 and 198 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 3.58% to 17.94 a new 1-month high.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for April delivery was down 0.91% or 0.69 to $75.03 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in May fell 0.66% or 0.54 to hit $81.05 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 0.22% or 3.95 to trade at $1,838.55 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.14% to 136.34, while EUR/JPY rose 0.32% to 144.49.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.17% at 105.12.