Investing.com – Japan equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Rubber, Automobiles & Parts and Textile sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 fell 2.23%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (T:7011), which rose 4.59% or 160.00 points to trade at 3,648.00 at the close. Ricoh Co., Ltd. (T:7752) added 3.98% or 39.00 points to end at 1,019.00 and Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. (T:9104) was up 3.86% or 400.00 points to 10,760.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Hino Motors, Ltd. (T:7205), which lost 14.76% or 155.00 points to trade at 895.00 in late trade. AGC Inc (T:5201) declined 9.72% or 465.00 points to end at 4,320.00 and Nippon Sheet Glass Co., Ltd. (T:5202) shed 6.89% or 31.00 points to 419.00.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 3154 to 486 and 132 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 6.93% to 27.32.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for April delivery was up 2.00% or 2.15 to $109.82 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in May rose 1.55% or 1.71 to hit $112.17 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 0.21% or 4.00 to trade at $1,939.90 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.03% to 115.50, while EUR/JPY fell 0.45% to 127.17.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.29% at 98.07.