Investing.com – Japan equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Power, Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic and Mining sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 declined 2.53% to hit a new 1-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Daiichi Sankyo Co., Ltd. (TYO:4568), which rose 2.20% or 100.00 points to trade at 4,641.00 at the close. Kao Corp. (TYO:4452) added 1.59% or 98.00 points to end at 6,280.00 and Toho Co., Ltd. (TYO:9602) was up 1.47% or 78.00 points to 5,412.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Tokyo Electron Ltd. (TYO:8035), which lost 8.74% or 3,210.00 points to trade at 33,550.00 in late trade. Lasertec Corp (TYO:6920) declined 8.42% or 3,160.00 points to end at 34,310.00 and Dainippon Screen Mfg. Co., Ltd. (TYO:7735) shed 6.95% or 1,255.00 points to 16,810.00.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 3425 to 355 and 101 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 3.08% to 22.77 a new 3-month high.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for May delivery was up 1.50% or 1.24 to $83.97 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in June rose 1.46% or 1.27 to hit $88.38 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 0.07% or 1.70 to trade at $2,396.30 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.16% to 154.38, while EUR/JPY fell 0.25% to 164.18.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.07% at 106.06.