Investing.com – Japan stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Chemical, Retail and Pharmaceutical Industry sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 declined 0.58%.
The best performers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Familymart Ltd (T:8028), which rose 4.67% or 570.0 points to trade at 12770.0 at the close. Meanwhile, The Chiba Bank, Ltd. (T:8331) added 3.08% or 24.0 points to end at 803.0 and The Shizuoka Bank, Ltd. (T:8355) was up 2.82% or 29.0 points to 1057.0 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Tosoh Corp. (T:4042), which fell 5.92% or 104.0 points to trade at 1654.0 at the close. Chiyoda Corp. (T:6366) declined 5.04% or 46.0 points to end at 867.0 and Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd. (T:5801) was down 4.93% or 190.0 points to 3665.0.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 2506 to 902 and 195 ended unchanged.
Shares in Familymart Ltd (T:8028) rose to all time highs; rising 4.67% or 570.0 to 12770.0.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 8.45% to 18.49 a new 1-month high.
Crude oil for November delivery was up 0.34% or 0.25 to $74.58 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in December fell 0.06% or 0.05 to hit $84.53 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.08% or 1.00 to trade at $1202.60 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.03% to 113.86, while EUR/JPY fell 0.18% to 130.88.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.13% at 95.55.