Investing.com – Japan stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Warehousing, Machinery and Shipbuilding sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 lost 2.71%.
The best performers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Tokai Carbon Co., Ltd. (T:5301), which rose 0.77% or 14.0 points to trade at 1833.0 at the close. Meanwhile, SUMCO Corp. (T:3436) added 0.32% or 9.0 points to end at 2821.0 and Isuzu Motors, Ltd. (T:7202) was up 0.06% or 1.0 points to 1621.5 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Chugai Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. (T:4519), which fell 6.06% or 330.0 points to trade at 5120.0 at the close. JGC Corp. (T:1963) declined 5.63% or 134.0 points to end at 2245.0 and Yamaha Motor Co Ltd (T:7272) was down 4.64% or 160.0 points to 3290.0.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 2943 to 480 and 141 ended unchanged.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 11.32% to 24.59.
Crude oil for April delivery was down 0.18% or 0.11 to $60.88 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in May unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 to hit $63.83 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 0.93% or 12.20 to trade at $1317.40 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.33% to 105.87, while EUR/JPY fell 0.41% to 129.75.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.02% at 90.24.