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

Tokyo closed at 1.63%.

They were the top performers at the session T&D Holdings, Inc. (TYO) climbed 1.65%, or 28.00 points, to close at 1,726.00 Dai-ichi Life Holdings Inc, (TYO) gained 1.59%, or 42.00 points, to close at 2,680.50 Shionogi & Co., Ltd. In late trade, the (TYO) index was up by 1.06%. That’s 73.00 points. It reached 6,955.00.

They were also the session’s worst performers Sumitomo Metal Mining Co., Ltd. (TYO): The close fell by 5.52%, or 356.00 point to trade at 6,093.00 Pacific Metals Co., Ltd. (TYO-) fell 5.15% (200.00 points), to finish at 3,685.00 Nissan Chemical Industries, Ltd. (TYO): The drop in the number of points at 6,990.00 was 4.90%, or 360.00 points.

The Tokyo Stock Exchange saw falling stocks surpass advancing stock by 2736-834, and ended the day unchanged at 197.

The was down 0.3% to 21.64, measuring the implied volatility for Nikkei options 225.

Crude oil dropped 0.73% to $103.03/barrel for June delivery. Brent oil fell 0.76 or 0.7% to $107.57 per barrel in commodities trading. The June Gold Futures contract rose by 0.37%, or 7.20, to $1,955.40 an ounce.

USD/JPY declined 0.2% to 128.02, and EUR/JPY dropped 0.46% at 138.46.

At 100.84, the US Dollar Index Futures rose 0.22%.