Investing.com – Japan equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Shipbuilding, Power and Warehousing sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 lost 2.05%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Chiyoda Corp. (T:6366), which rose 14.32% or 53.00 points to trade at 423.00 at the close. JGC Corp. (T:1963) added 10.64% or 132.00 points to end at 1,373.00 and Inpex Corp. (T:1605) was up 3.58% or 48.00 points to 1,390.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Softbank Group Corp. (T:9984), which lost 6.21% or 297.00 points to trade at 4,483.00 in late trade. Asahi Group Holdings, Ltd. (T:2502) declined 5.17% or 219.00 points to end at 4,016.00 and TDK Corp (T:6762) shed 5.14% or 200.00 points to 3,690.00.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 2610 to 933 and 195 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 1.40% to 29.70.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for April delivery was up 1.76% or 1.87 to $107.89 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in May rose 2.14% or 2.34 to hit $111.67 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 0.39% or 7.90 to trade at $1,992.50 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.52% to 116.74, while EUR/JPY rose 0.68% to 128.42.
The US Dollar Index Futures was unchanged 0.00% at 98.51.