Investing.com – Japan stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Mining, Finance & Investment and Steel sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 lost 0.25%.
The best performers 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. Meanwhile, 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.
The worst performers of the session were Sharp Corp. (T:6753), which fell 8.48% or 12.0 points to trade at 129.5 at the close. Sumitomo Metal Mining Co., Ltd. (T:5713) declined 5.10% or 63.0 points to end at 1173.5 and Olympus Corp. (T:7733) was down 4.64% or 195.0 points to 4010.0.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 1028 to 860 and 115 ended unchanged.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 4.57% to 29.65.
Crude oil for June delivery was down 0.86% or 0.38 to $43.94 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in July fell 0.58% or 0.26 to hit $44.75 a barrel, while the June Gold contract rose 0.63% or 8.00 to trade at $1280.30 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.22% to 107.02, while EUR/JPY fell 0.15% to 122.15.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.04% at 93.69.