Investing.com – Japan equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Pharmaceutical Industry, Paper & Pulp and Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 fell 0.39%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Marui Group Co., Ltd. (T:8252), which rose 9.70% or 146.0 points to trade at 1651.0 at the close. Rakuten Inc (T:4755) added 6.55% or 76.0 points to end at 1237.0 and Ube Industries, Ltd. (T:4208) was up 6.08% or 16.0 points to 279.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Toho Zinc Co., Ltd. (T:5707), which lost 13.84% or 71.0 points to trade at 442.0 in late trade. Hitachi Zosen Corp. (T:7004) declined 11.08% or 73.0 points to end at 586.0 and Pacific Metals Co., Ltd. (T:5541) shed 10.99% or 40.0 points to 324.0.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1843 to 1211 and 323 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 0.21% to 14.35 a new 52-week low.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for June delivery was down 0.27% or 0.13 to $47.70 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in July fell 0.26% or 0.13 to hit $50.64 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 0.36% or 4.40 to trade at $1228.60 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.16% to 113.69, while EUR/JPY fell 0.11% to 123.52.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.01% at 99.54.