Investing.com – Japan stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the , and sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the declined 1.46%.
The best performers of the session on the were Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (TYO:), which rose 5.93% or 81.00 points to trade at 1,446.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Obayashi Corp. (TYO:) added 3.85% or 69.00 points to end at 1,862.50 and Tokyo Tatemono Co., Ltd. (TYO:) was up 3.73% or 95.00 points to 2,640.50 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Lasertec Corp (TYO:), which fell 2.24% or 960.00 points to trade at 41,970.00 at the close. Mitsui Chemicals, Inc. (TYO:) declined 2.21% or 98.00 points to end at 4,328.00 and Nippon Yusen K.K (TYO:) was down 1.73% or 72.00 points to 4,078.00.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 2868 to 835 and 180 ended unchanged.
Shares in Tokyo Tatemono Co., Ltd. (TYO:) rose to 5-year highs; gaining 3.73% or 95.00 to 2,640.50.
The , which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 2.99% to 19.28.
Crude oil for May delivery was up 2.16% or 1.76 to $83.11 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in June rose 0.05% or 0.04 to hit $86.99 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 1.90% or 42.10 to trade at $2,254.80 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.05% to 151.44, while EUR/JPY fell 0.06% to 163.15.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.20% at 104.27.
