Investing.com – Japan equities were lower at the close on Friday, as in the sectors propelled shares .
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 unchanged 0.00%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Dainippon Screen Mfg. Co., Ltd. (T:7735), which rose 5.96% or 330.0 points to trade at 5870.0 at the close. Chiyoda Corp. (T:6366) added 5.57% or 19.0 points to end at 360.0 and Minebea Mitsumi Inc (T:6479) was up 4.53% or 87.0 points to 2007.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Yamato Holdings Co., Ltd. (T:9064), which lost 10.49% or 283.5 points to trade at 2418.5 in late trade. Daiwa House Industry Co., Ltd. (T:1925) declined 5.06% or 151.5 points to end at 2844.0 and Seven & i Holdings Co., Ltd. (T:3382) shed 3.96% or 152.0 points to 3685.0.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1947 to 1511 and 247 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 5.73% to 14.82 a new 6-month low.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for May delivery was up 0.38% or 0.24 to $64.00 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in June fell 0.04% or 0.03 to hit $71.95 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 0.01% or 0.01 to trade at $1277.90 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.04% to 111.91, while EUR/JPY rose 0.10% to 125.85.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.49% at 97.132.