Investing.com – Japan equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Paper & Pulp, Shipbuilding and Banking sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 declined 0.33%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Tokyo Electric Power Co., Inc. (TYO:9501), which rose 13.03% or 111.40 points to trade at 966.20 at the close. Inpex Corp. (TYO:1605) added 4.45% or 94.00 points to end at 2,206.00 and Tokyu Fudosan (TYO:3289) was up 3.92% or 40.50 points to 1,074.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Tokyo Electron Ltd. (TYO:8035), which lost 4.86% or 1,810.00 points to trade at 35,410.00 in late trade. Lasertec Corp (TYO:6920) declined 4.29% or 1,710.00 points to end at 38,130.00 and SUMCO Corp. (TYO:3436) shed 4.15% or 101.00 points to 2,331.50.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1942 to 1712 and 225 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 0.74% to 21.36.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for April delivery was down 0.15% or 0.12 to $81.14 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in May fell 0.15% or 0.13 to hit $85.29 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 0.22% or 4.75 to trade at $2,172.25 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.02% to 148.29, while EUR/JPY fell 0.06% to 161.32.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.06% at 103.06.