Japan stocks lower at close of trade; Nikkei 225 down 1.84% 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 1.84% to hit a new 1-month low.

The best performers of the session on the were Shinsei Bank, Ltd. (TYO:), which rose 6.96% or 135.00 points to trade at 2,075.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Unitika, Ltd. (TYO:) added 2.41% or 7.00 points to end at 298.00 and Oki Electric Industry Co., Ltd. (TYO:) was up 1.84% or 13.00 points to 718.00 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Mazda Motor Corp (TYO:), which fell 8.17% or 85.00 points to trade at 956.00 at the close. Mitsubishi Motors Corp. (TYO:) declined 7.99% or 45.00 points to end at 518.00 and Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. (TYO:) was down 6.31% or 31.00 points to 460.20.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 2841 to 751 and 171 ended unchanged.

The , which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 4.94% to 25.03.

Crude oil for November delivery was up 0.91% or 0.74 to $81.97 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in December rose 0.97% or 0.85 to hit $88.03 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.65% or 10.85 to trade at $1,679.45 a troy ounce.

USD/JPY was down 0.05% to 144.38, while EUR/JPY fell 0.09% to 141.65.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.25% at 111.93.