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 0.64% to hit a new 3-months low.
The best performers of the session on the were Hino Motors, Ltd. (TYO:), which rose 12.76% or 51.30 points to trade at 453.40 at the close. Meanwhile, Fujitsu Ltd. (TYO:) added 10.86% or 264.50 points to end at 2,700.00 and Canon Inc (TYO:) was up 6.67% or 289.00 points to 4,622.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Renesas Electronics Corp (TYO:), which fell 5.48% or 141.50 points to trade at 2,442.00 at the close. Tokyo Electron Ltd. (TYO:) declined 4.77% or 1,385.00 points to end at 27,625.00 and Lasertec Corp (TYO:) was down 4.11% or 1,100.00 points to 25,640.00.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 1798 to 1773 and 303 ended unchanged.
Shares in Fujitsu Ltd. (TYO:) rose to 52-week highs; up 10.86% or 264.50 to 2,700.00.
The , which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 15.83% to 22.02 a new 3-months high.
Crude oil for September delivery was up 0.09% or 0.07 to $78.35 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in September rose 0.11% or 0.09 to hit $82.46 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 0.51% or 11.95 to trade at $2,365.45 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.15% to 153.70, while EUR/JPY fell 0.09% to 166.79.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.02% at 104.09.
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