Investing.com – Japan stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the , and sectors led shares lower.

The Tokyo close saw the decline of 0.2%.

They were the top performers at the session Fast Retailing Co., Ltd. (TYO-), which rose 8.833%, or 5,260.00 point to trade at 64.810.00 at close. Meanwhile, Toho Zinc Co., Ltd. (TYO) ended at 3,140.00 with an additional 3.63%, or 110.00 points. Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Ltd. The (TYO-) traded up 3.16%, or 72.00 points, to 2,347.00 late trade.

These were the worst performers of the session. Tokyo Electron Ltd. (TYO): Traded at 53.880.00 after the close, down 4.99% or 2.830.00 points Dainippon Screen Mfg. Co., Ltd. (TYO-) fell 4.74%, or 510.00 point to finish at 10,260.00 Advantest Corp. (TYO:), was lower by 4.04% (35.00 points) to 8,320.00.

On the Tokyo Stock Exchange, falling stocks outnumbered those in progress by 2548-971 and 227 ending unchanged.

The implied volatility index of Nikkei’s 225 options was lower at 8.79% than 20.85.

The price of crude oil in May delivery rose 2.17%, or 2.26, to $106.51 per barrel. Brent oil fell 0.10 percent to $111.23 per barrel. The June Gold Futures contract dropped 0.61% to $1,972.50 an ounce.

USD/JPY surged 0.48% to 126.27, and EUR/JPY climbed 0.30% up to 135.69.

US Dollar Index Futures were up 0.3% at 100.30