Japan stocks lower at close of trade; Nikkei 225 down 0.80%

Investing.com – Japan stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Transportation Equipment , Power and Textile sectors led shares lower.

At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 fell 0.80%.

The best performers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Mitsubishi Motors Corp. (TYO:7211 ), which rose 4.16% or 16.40 points to trade at 410.50 at the close. Meanwhile, Omron Cor (TYO:6645 ) added 3.72% or 180.00 points to end at 5,015.00 and Rakuten Inc (TYO:4755 ) 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:5631 ), which fell 4.30% or 280.00 points to trade at 6,232.00 at the close. Fujikura Ltd. (TYO:5803 ) declined 3.97% or 253.00 points to end at 6,122.00 and Sumitomo Electric Industries Ltd. (TYO:5802 ) 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 Nikkei Volatility , 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.

Source: Investing.com