Japan stocks lower at close of trade; Nikkei 225 down 0.13%

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 0.13%.

The best performers of the session on the were Dainippon Screen Mfg. Co., Ltd. (TYO:), which rose 2.83% or 320.00 points to trade at 11,640.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Odakyu Electric Railway Co., Ltd. (TYO:) added 2.25% or 37.00 points to end at 1,682.00 and SUMCO Corp. (TYO:) was up 2.25% or 43.00 points to 1,954.00 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Hitachi Zosen Corp. (TYO:), which fell 4.15% or 36.00 points to trade at 831.00 at the close. DOWA Holdings Co., Ltd. (TYO:) declined 2.92% or 125.00 points to end at 4,160.00 and Terumo Corp. (TYO:) was down 2.79% or 99.00 points to 3,448.00.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 1826 to 1679 and 321 ended unchanged.

Shares in Terumo Corp. (TYO:) fell to 52-week lows; down 2.79% or 99.00 to 3,448.00.

The , which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 10.18% to 20.48.

Crude oil for May delivery was up 0.44% or 0.31 to $70.27 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in May rose 0.37% or 0.28 to hit $76.19 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 0.30% or 5.90 to trade at $1,990.00 a troy ounce.

USD/JPY was down 0.35% to 130.35, while EUR/JPY fell 0.36% to 141.16.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.02% at 102.23.