Japan stocks lower at close of trade; Nikkei 225 down 0.43% By Investing.com

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 0.43%.

The best performers of the session on the were Tokyo Electron Ltd. (TYO:), which rose 4.60% or 1,690.00 points to trade at 38,390.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Dainippon Screen Mfg. Co., Ltd. (TYO:) added 2.19% or 170.00 points to end at 7,920.00 and Advantest Corp. (TYO:) was up 1.86% or 130.00 points to 7,130.00 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Credit Saison Co., Ltd. (TYO:), which fell 3.39% or 55.00 points to trade at 1,568.00 at the close. Odakyu Electric Railway Co., Ltd. (TYO:) declined 3.15% or 60.00 points to end at 1,842.00 and Keio Corp. (TYO:) was down 3.14% or 170.00 points to 5,240.00.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 2426 to 1031 and 294 ended unchanged.

The , which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 2.57% to 22.79.

Crude oil for December delivery was down 0.25% or 0.21 to $84.30 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in December fell 0.24% or 0.22 to hit $92.16 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.47% or 7.75 to trade at $1,629.05 a troy ounce.

USD/JPY was up 0.17% to 150.40, while EUR/JPY rose 0.32% to 147.35.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.08% at 112.73.