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 lost 1.04%.
The best performers of the session on the were Advantest Corp. (TYO:), which rose 5.12% or 506.00 points to trade at 10,380.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Seven & i Holdings Co., Ltd. (TYO:) added 4.86% or 115.50 points to end at 2,490.00 and Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd. (TYO:) was up 3.48% or 244.00 points to 7,259.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Mitsui Mining and Smelting Co. (TYO:), which fell 6.80% or 330.00 points to trade at 4,524.00 at the close. Fast Retailing Co., Ltd. (TYO:) declined 6.53% or 3,400.00 points to end at 48,700.00 and Otsuka Holdings Ltd (TYO:) was down 4.17% or 351.00 points to 8,063.00.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 2229 to 1341 and 298 ended unchanged.
Shares in Advantest Corp. (TYO:) rose to all time highs; rising 5.12% or 506.00 to 10,380.00.
The , which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 11.56% to 24.31 a new 1-month high.
Crude oil for February delivery was up 0.65% or 0.48 to $74.40 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in March rose 0.65% or 0.50 to hit $77.42 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.44% or 11.80 to trade at $2,702.60 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.15% to 158.31, while EUR/JPY fell 0.01% to 162.83.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.17% at 109.18.
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