Japan stocks lower at close of trade; Nikkei 225 down 0.56% By Investing.com

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 0.56%.

The best performers of the session on the were Konami Corp. (T:), which rose 3.23% or 250.00 points to trade at 8,000.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Pacific Metals Co., Ltd. (T:) added 2.91% or 120.00 points to end at 4,250.00 and Sumitomo Dainippon Pharma Co Ltd (T:) was up 2.73% or 33.00 points to 1,241.00 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Nippon Yusen K.K (T:), which fell 6.88% or 740.00 points to trade at 10,020.00 at the close. Citizen Holdings Co., Ltd. (T:) declined 5.76% or 30.00 points to end at 491.00 and Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd. (T:) was down 4.99% or 400.00 points to 7,620.00.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 1804 to 1721 and 245 ended unchanged.

Shares in Konami Corp. (T:) rose to 5-year highs; up 3.23% or 250.00 to 8,000.00.

The , which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 3.66% to 22.37 a new 1-month low.

Crude oil for May delivery was down 1.80% or 1.81 to $98.47 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in June fell 1.58% or 1.65 to hit $103.06 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 0.99% or 19.30 to trade at $1,929.90 a troy ounce.

USD/JPY was up 0.74% to 122.57, while EUR/JPY rose 0.60% to 135.46.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.23% at 98.59.