Investing.com – Japan equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Gas & Water, Finance & Investment and Power sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 lost 0.29%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Alps Electric Co., Ltd. (T:6770), which rose 4.63% or 145.0 points to trade at 3275.0 at the close. NTT Docomo, Inc. (T:9437) added 3.88% or 100.5 points to end at 2688.0 and Hino Motors, Ltd. (T:7205) was up 3.33% or 45.0 points to 1397.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Advantest Corp. (T:6857), which lost 6.56% or 146.0 points to trade at 2081.0 in late trade. Pioneer Corp. (T:6773) declined 5.63% or 12.0 points to end at 201.0 and Fuji Electric Co., Ltd. (T:6504) shed 3.93% or 25.0 points to 611.0.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1869 to 1191 and 289 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 2.33% to 14.69 a new 1-month low.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for June delivery was up 0.94% or 0.46 to $49.43 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in July rose 0.93% or 0.48 to hit $52.30 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 0.15% or 1.92 to trade at $1267.82 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.04% to 111.31, while EUR/JPY rose 0.18% to 121.23.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.11% at 98.91.