Investing.com – Japan equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Construction, Services and Rubber sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 fell 0.13%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. (T:9104), which rose 4.22% or 135.0 points to trade at 3332.5 at the close. Shiseido Co., Ltd. (T:4911) added 3.48% or 233.0 points to end at 6925.0 and Pacific Metals Co., Ltd. (T:5541) was up 3.07% or 115.0 points to 3855.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd. (T:4063), which lost 4.86% or 545.0 points to trade at 10670.0 in late trade. Dainippon Screen Mfg. Co., Ltd. (T:7735) declined 4.83% or 445.0 points to end at 8770.0 and Takeda Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. (T:4502) shed 4.67% or 238.0 points to 4857.0.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1809 to 1484 and 264 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 0.53% to 16.89.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for May delivery was down 0.07% or 0.05 to $68.24 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in June fell 0.12% or 0.09 to hit $73.69 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 0.30% or 4.00 to trade at $1344.80 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.19% to 107.56, while EUR/JPY rose 0.05% to 132.61.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.13% at 89.76.