Japan stocks lower at close of trade; Nikkei 225 down 0.62%

Investing.com – Japan stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Precision Instruments, Mining and Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic sectors led shares lower.

At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 lost 0.62%.

The best performers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were M3 Inc (TYO:2413), which rose 6.57% or 87.00 points to trade at 1,412.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Shiseido Co., Ltd. (TYO:4911) added 4.91% or 152.00 points to end at 3,247.00 and Tokyo Electric Power Co., Inc. (TYO:9501) was up 2.88% or 19.00 points to 678.90 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Rakuten Inc (TYO:4755), which fell 4.96% or 49.40 points to trade at 946.40 at the close. Daikin Industries, Ltd. (TYO:6367) declined 3.75% or 675.00 points to end at 17,305.00 and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (TYO:7011) was down 3.66% or 65.00 points to 1,712.00.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 2691 to 952 and 210 ended unchanged.

The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 29.67% to 27.05.

Crude oil for October delivery was up 0.39% or 0.27 to $69.42 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in November rose 0.36% or 0.26 to hit $72.95 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.27% or 6.75 to trade at $2,549.85 a troy ounce.

USD/JPY was down 0.78% to 142.32, while EUR/JPY fell 0.73% to 158.22.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.20% at 100.87.