Investing.com – Japan stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Machinery, Shipbuilding and Textile sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 declined 2.01%.
The best performers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Terumo Corp. (T:4543), which rose 5.20% or 319.0 points to trade at 6449.0 at the close. Meanwhile, Oji Holdings Corp. (T:3861) added 5.08% or 31.0 points to end at 641.0 and Meiji Holdings Co., Ltd. (T:2269) was up 4.84% or 400.0 points to 8670.0 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Toyo Seikan Group Holdings, Ltd. (T:5901), which fell 12.62% or 310.0 points to trade at 2146.0 at the close. Nikon Corp. (T:7731) declined 11.67% or 215.0 points to end at 1627.0 and IHI Corp. (T:7013) was down 7.64% or 260.0 points to 3145.0.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 2954 to 594 and 144 ended unchanged.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 0.87% to 17.15.
Crude oil for March delivery was down 0.36% or 0.19 to $52.45 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in April fell 0.16% or 0.10 to hit $61.53 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 0.13% or 1.65 to trade at $1312.55 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.00% to 109.81, while EUR/JPY fell 0.09% to 124.44.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.14% at 96.420.