Japan stocks lower at close of trade; Nikkei 225 down 1.77% 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 1.77% to hit a new 1-month low.

The best performers of the session on the were Keio Corp. (TYO:), which rose 5.50% or 245.00 points to trade at 4,700.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Meiji Holdings Co., Ltd. (TYO:) added 3.04% or 190.00 points to end at 6,450.00 and Osaka Gas Co., Ltd. (TYO:) was up 2.83% or 69.00 points to 2,505.00 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Tokai Carbon Co., Ltd. (TYO:), which fell 7.37% or 86.00 points to trade at 1,081.00 at the close. Showa Denko K.K. (TYO:) declined 6.29% or 162.00 points to end at 2,413.00 and SUMCO Corp. (TYO:) was down 5.88% or 118.00 points to 1,890.00.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 2834 to 768 and 176 ended unchanged.

The , which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 3.69% to 25.34.

Crude oil for July delivery was up 0.52% or 0.61 to $118.20 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in August rose 0.48% or 0.58 to hit $120.39 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 0.02% or 0.30 to trade at $1,850.20 a troy ounce.

USD/JPY was up 1.52% to 134.21, while EUR/JPY rose 1.34% to 141.32.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.55% at 103.99.