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 fell 0.80%.
The best performers of the session on the were Mitsubishi Motors Corp. (TYO:), which rose 4.16% or 16.40 points to trade at 410.50 at the close. Meanwhile, Omron Cor (TYO:) added 3.72% or 180.00 points to end at 5,015.00 and Rakuten Inc (TYO:) was up 3.44% or 28.70 points to 862.90 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Japan Steel Works Ltd (TYO:), which fell 4.30% or 280.00 points to trade at 6,232.00 at the close. Fujikura Ltd. (TYO:) declined 3.97% or 253.00 points to end at 6,122.00 and Sumitomo Electric Industries Ltd. (TYO:) was down 3.96% or 121.00 points to 2,931.00.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 2041 to 1517 and 307 ended unchanged.
The , which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 4.51% to 22.23.
Crude oil for January delivery was down 0.04% or 0.03 to $68.27 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in February fell 0.12% or 0.09 to hit $72.00 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.48% or 12.69 to trade at $2,661.09 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.09% to 149.95, while EUR/JPY fell 0.28% to 158.47.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.14% at 105.85.
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