Investing.com – Japan stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as in the sectors led shares .
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 unchanged 0.00%.
The best performers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Tokai Carbon Co., Ltd. (T:5301), which rose 6.58% or 102.0 points to trade at 1651.0 at the close. Meanwhile, Konami Corp. (T:9766) added 5.08% or 270.0 points to end at 5590.0 and Nippon Yusen K.K (T:9101) was up 4.24% or 87.5 points to 2149.0 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were The Japan Steel Works, Ltd. (T:5631), which fell 1.31% or 45.0 points to trade at 3395.0 at the close. Concordia Financial Group Ltd (T:7186) declined 1.01% or 6.0 points to end at 587.0 and Chubu Electric Power Co., Inc. (T:9502) was down 0.92% or 14.0 points to 1503.0.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 2461 to 933 and 158 ended unchanged.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 1.29% to 23.80.
Crude oil for May delivery was up 0.79% or 0.51 to $64.89 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in June rose 0.04% or 0.03 to hit $69.44 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 0.06% or 0.80 to trade at $1325.00 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.23% to 106.20, while EUR/JPY rose 0.02% to 130.94.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.01% at 89.75.