Investing.com – Japan equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Shipbuilding, Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic and Banking sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 lost 2.01%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Kirin Holdings Co., Ltd. (T:2503), which rose 2.27% or 56.0 points to trade at 2519.0 at the close. Sekisui House, Ltd. (T:1928) added 1.42% or 24.0 points to end at 1709.0 and Nichirei Corp. (T:2871) was up 0.62% or 17.0 points to 2769.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd. (T:9107), which lost 12.63% or 198.0 points to trade at 1370.0 in late trade. Nippon Sheet Glass Co., Ltd. (T:5202) declined 5.80% or 53.0 points to end at 861.0 and Advantest Corp. (T:6857) shed 5.67% or 152.0 points to 2531.0.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 3316 to 309 and 101 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 3.19% to 18.12.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for April delivery was down 0.90% or 0.51 to $56.15 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in May fell 1.18% or 0.78 to hit $65.52 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 0.61% or 7.85 to trade at $1293.95 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.49% to 111.03, while EUR/JPY fell 0.34% to 124.46.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.21% at 97.422.