Investing.com – Japan stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Electrical/Machinery, Finance & Investment and Automobiles & Parts sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 lost 0.22%.
The best performers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Fuji Electric Co., Ltd. (T:6504), which rose 8.28% or 300.0 points to trade at 3925.0 at the close. Meanwhile, Daiichi Sankyo Co., Ltd. (T:4568) added 5.91% or 306.0 points to end at 5481.0 and Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd. (T:9107) was up 5.25% or 80.5 points to 1612.5 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Advantest Corp. (T:6857), which fell 8.85% or 305.0 points to trade at 3140.0 at the close. Mitsubishi Logistics Corp. (T:9301) declined 4.41% or 137.0 points to end at 2968.0 and DeNA Co Ltd (T:2432) was down 3.88% or 70.0 points to 1735.0.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 2089 to 1402 and 235 ended unchanged.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 5.40% to 16.40.
Crude oil for June delivery was down 0.44% or 0.29 to $64.92 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in June fell 0.19% or 0.14 to hit $74.21 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 0.34% or 4.40 to trade at $1284.10 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.00% to 111.62, while EUR/JPY rose 0.13% to 124.39.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.10% at 97.817.