Japan stocks lower at close of trade; Nikkei 225 down 1.59% 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 declined 1.59%.

The best performers of the session on the were CyberAgent Inc (TYO:), which rose 3.95% or 49.00 points to trade at 1,288.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Kao Corp. (TYO:) added 1.94% or 106.00 points to end at 5,565.00 and Shiseido Co., Ltd. (TYO:) was up 1.16% or 70.00 points to 6,104.00 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Mitsubishi Motors Corp. (TYO:), which fell 5.91% or 37.00 points to trade at 589.00 at the close. NTN Corp. (TYO:) declined 5.61% or 16.00 points to end at 269.00 and JGC Corp. (TYO:) was down 4.27% or 81.00 points to 1,815.00.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 2886 to 718 and 212 ended unchanged.

The , which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 0.48% to 18.84.

Crude oil for January delivery was down 0.10% or 0.08 to $81.14 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in February rose 0.13% or 0.11 to hit $86.99 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract fell 0.05% or 0.95 to trade at $1,814.25 a troy ounce.

USD/JPY was down 0.40% to 134.73, while EUR/JPY fell 0.34% to 141.88.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.11% at 104.57.