Investing.com – Japan stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Banking, Insurance and Steel sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 lost 0.11%.
The best performers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding (TYO:7003), which rose 5.34% or 29.00 points to trade at 572.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Seven & i Holdings Co., Ltd. (TYO:3382) added 5.31% or 292.00 points to end at 5,787.00 and Trend Micro Inc. (TYO:4704) was up 4.51% or 339.00 points to 7,853.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Rakuten Inc (TYO:4755), which fell 4.39% or 25.70 points to trade at 560.00 at the close. Taiyo Yuden Co., Ltd. (TYO:6976) declined 3.63% or 139.00 points to end at 3,695.00 and CyberAgent Inc (TYO:4751) was down 3.11% or 27.80 points to 866.80.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 2113 to 1519 and 240 ended unchanged.
Shares in Trend Micro Inc. (TYO:4704) rose to 52-week highs; rising 4.51% or 339.00 to 7,853.00.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 5.70% to 17.05.
Crude oil for January delivery was down 0.14% or 0.11 to $75.85 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in February fell 0.32% or 0.26 to hit $80.60 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.16% or 3.20 to trade at $2,041.30 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.08% to 148.07, while EUR/JPY rose 0.09% to 161.50.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.14% at 103.28.