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% to hit a new 3-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Sumitomo Realty & Development Co. (T:8830), which rose 2.07% or 60.0 points to trade at 2965.0 at the close. SUMCO Corp. (T:3436) added 1.96% or 35.0 points to end at 1824.0 and Nippon Steel&Sumitomo Metal Corp. (T:5401) was up 1.60% or 38.8 points to 2462.2 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Toshiba Corp. (T:6502), which lost 5.71% or 12.0 points to trade at 198.2 in late trade. The Kansai Electric Power Co. (T:9503) declined 3.79% or 54.0 points to end at 1371.5 and Hokuetsu Kishu Paper Co., Ltd. (T:3865) shed 3.52% or 27.0 points to 739.0.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 2283 to 744 and 309 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 1.61% to 22.75 a new 3-month high.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for May delivery was down 0.41% or 0.22 to $52.89 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in June rose 0.02% or 0.01 to hit $55.64 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 0.89% or 11.35 to trade at $1289.65 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.19% to 108.88, while EUR/JPY fell 0.11% to 115.69.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.43% at 100.49.