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 0.40%.
The best performers of the session on the were Japan Steel Works Ltd (TYO:), which rose 7.01% or 292.00 points to trade at 4,456.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Dai-ichi Life Holdings Inc (TYO:) added 3.52% or 129.00 points to end at 3,796.00 and Sumitomo Mitsui Financial (TYO:) was up 3.44% or 323.00 points to 9,723.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Sumitomo Dainippon Pharma Co Ltd (TYO:), which fell 5.35% or 19.00 points to trade at 336.00 at the close. Dentsu Inc. (TYO:) declined 4.32% or 187.00 points to end at 4,143.00 and CyberAgent Inc (TYO:) was down 4.27% or 46.00 points to 1,030.50.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 2197 to 1444 and 234 ended unchanged.
Shares in Japan Steel Works Ltd (TYO:) rose to 5-year highs; rising 7.01% or 292.00 to 4,456.00. Shares in Sumitomo Mitsui Financial (TYO:) rose to 5-year highs; up 3.44% or 323.00 to 9,723.00.
The , which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 1.21% to 18.45.
Crude oil for June delivery was up 0.45% or 0.36 to $79.59 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in July rose 0.64% or 0.53 to hit $83.80 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 0.15% or 3.60 to trade at $2,389.10 a troy ounce.
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USD/JPY was up 0.22% to 155.72, while EUR/JPY rose 0.17% to 169.16.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.11% at 104.46.