Investing.com – Japan equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Mining, Finance & Investment and Steel sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 fell 0.25%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Mitsubishi Motors Corp. (T:7211), which rose 6.09% or 28.0 points to trade at 487.5 at the close. ANA Holdings Inc. (T:9202) added 3.39% or 10.7 points to end at 326.4 and Nippon Electric Glass Co., Ltd. (T:5214) was up 3.29% or 16.0 points to 503.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Sharp Corp. (T:6753), which lost 8.48% or 12.0 points to trade at 129.5 in late trade. Sumitomo Metal Mining Co., Ltd. (T:5713) declined 5.10% or 63.0 points to end at 1173.5 and Olympus Corp. (T:7733) shed 4.64% or 195.0 points to 4010.0.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1028 to 860 and 115 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 4.57% to 29.65.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for June delivery was down 0.93% or 0.41 to $43.91 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in July fell 0.62% or 0.28 to hit $44.73 a barrel, while the June Gold contract rose 0.63% or 8.05 to trade at $1280.35 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.23% to 107.01, while EUR/JPY fell 0.14% to 122.16.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.06% at 93.67.