Investing.com – Japan stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Shipbuilding, Power and Warehousing sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 declined 2.05%.
The best performers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Chiyoda Corp. (T:6366), which rose 14.32% or 53.00 points to trade at 423.00 at the close. Meanwhile, JGC Corp. (T:1963) added 10.64% or 132.00 points to end at 1,373.00 and Inpex Corp. (T:1605) was up 3.58% or 48.00 points to 1,390.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Softbank Group Corp. (T:9984), which fell 6.21% or 297.00 points to trade at 4,483.00 at the close. Asahi Group Holdings, Ltd. (T:2502) declined 5.17% or 219.00 points to end at 4,016.00 and TDK Corp (T:6762) was down 5.14% or 200.00 points to 3,690.00.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 2610 to 933 and 195 ended unchanged.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 1.40% to 29.70.
Crude oil for April delivery was up 1.74% or 1.84 to $107.86 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in May rose 2.10% or 2.30 to hit $111.63 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 0.39% or 7.90 to trade at $1,992.50 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.52% to 116.74, while EUR/JPY rose 0.69% to 128.43.
The US Dollar Index Futures was unchanged 0.00% at 98.51.