Investing.com – Japan equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Fishery, Railway & Bus and Finance & Investment sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 declined 1.46%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (TYO:7011), which rose 6.12% or 83.50 points to trade at 1,446.00 at the close. Obayashi Corp. (TYO:1802) added 3.85% or 69.00 points to end at 1,862.50 and Tokyo Tatemono Co., Ltd. (TYO:8804) was up 3.38% or 86.00 points to 2,640.50 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Lasertec Corp (TYO:6920), which lost 2.63% or 1,130.00 points to trade at 41,970.00 in late trade. Mitsui Chemicals, Inc. (TYO:4183) declined 2.15% or 95.00 points to end at 4,328.00 and Nippon Yusen K.K (TYO:9101) shed 1.86% or 77.00 points to 4,078.00.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 2865 to 855 and 163 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 2.99% to 19.28.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for May delivery was up 2.16% or 1.76 to $83.11 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in June rose 0.05% or 0.04 to hit $86.99 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 1.90% or 42.10 to trade at $2,254.80 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.05% to 151.44, while EUR/JPY fell 0.07% to 163.14.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.20% at 104.27.