Investing.com – Japan stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Steel, Finance & Investment and Financial Services sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 lost 0.46%.
The best performers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Toshiba Corp. (T:6502), which rose 4.47% or 9.6 points to trade at 224.2 at the close. Meanwhile, Meiji Holdings Co., Ltd. (T:2269) added 1.70% or 150.0 points to end at 8950.0 and Rakuten Inc (T:4755) was up 1.64% or 18.5 points to 1144.0 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Komatsu Ltd. (T:6301), which fell 5.44% or 156.0 points to trade at 2710.5 at the close. Sumitomo Heavy Industries, Ltd. (T:6302) declined 4.91% or 41.0 points to end at 794.0 and Mitsubishi Materials Corp. (T:5711) was down 4.50% or 175.0 points to 3717.4.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 1649 to 1336 and 368 ended unchanged.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 1.00% to 17.15.
Crude oil for April delivery was down 0.15% or 0.08 to $54.37 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in April fell 0.14% or 0.08 to hit $56.50 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 0.22% or 2.75 to trade at $1254.15 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.16% to 112.79, while EUR/JPY rose 0.21% to 119.41.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.02% at 100.93.