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.

Source: Investing.com