Japan stocks lower at close of trade; Nikkei 225 down 0.07%

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 0.07%.

The best performers of the session on the were Oki Electric Industry Co., Ltd. (TYO:), which rose 5.73% or 55.00 points to trade at 1,015.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd. (TYO:) added 4.15% or 217.00 points to end at 5,445.00 and Ajinomoto Co., Inc. (TYO:) was up 2.70% or 155.00 points to 5,900.00 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Ube Industries, Ltd. (TYO:), which fell 3.52% or 84.50 points to trade at 2,317.50 at the close. Inpex Corp. (TYO:) declined 2.37% or 46.50 points to end at 1,916.50 and Shiseido Co., Ltd. (TYO:) was down 2.35% or 125.00 points to 5,197.00.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 2438 to 1186 and 228 ended unchanged.

The , which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 12.12% to 22.76 a new 3-months high.

Crude oil for November delivery was up 0.32% or 0.26 to $82.57 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in December rose 0.21% or 0.18 to hit $84.25 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.09% or 1.65 to trade at $1,833.45 a troy ounce.

USD/JPY was up 0.26% to 148.88, while EUR/JPY rose 0.23% to 157.07.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.06% at 106.13.