Investing.com – Japan stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Paper & Pulp, Rubber and Mining sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 lost 0.45%.
The best performers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Rakuten Inc (TYO:4755), which rose 7.53% or 44.00 points to trade at 628.00 at the close. Meanwhile, CyberAgent Inc (TYO:4751) added 3.33% or 28.50 points to end at 885.10 and DIC Corp (TYO:4631) was up 2.88% or 77.50 points to 2,771.50 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Idemitsu Kosan Co Ltd (TYO:5019), which fell 2.33% or 18.30 points to trade at 767.50 at the close. Pacific Metals Co., Ltd. (TYO:5541) declined 2.02% or 25.00 points to end at 1,214.00 and Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding (TYO:7003) was down 1.81% or 13.00 points to 706.00.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 2364 to 1293 and 226 ended unchanged.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 1.18% to 17.10.
Crude oil for February delivery was up 0.35% or 0.25 to $72.02 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in March rose 0.49% or 0.38 to hit $77.53 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract fell 0.09% or 1.85 to trade at $2,081.65 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.11% to 141.24, while EUR/JPY fell 0.05% to 156.36.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.08% at 100.83.