Japan Stocks Close Lower

Investing.com – Japan stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Precision Instruments, Mining, Chemical, and Petroleum & Plastic sectors led shares lower.

At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 lost 0.62%.

Best Performers

The best performers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were:
– M3 Inc (TYO:2413): rose 6.57% or 87.00 points to trade at 1,412.00 at the close.
– Shiseido Co., Ltd. (TYO:4911): added 4.91% or 152.00 points to end at 3,247.00.
– Tokyo Electric Power Co., Inc. (TYO:9501): was up 2.88% or 19.00 points to 678.90 in late trade.

Worst Performers

The worst performers of the session were:
– Rakuten Inc (TYO:4755): fell 4.96% or 49.40 points to trade at 946.40 at the close.
– Daikin Industries, Ltd. (TYO:6367): declined 3.75% or 675.00 points to end at 17,305.00.
– Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (TYO:7011): was down 3.66% or 65.00 points to 1,712.00.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 2691 to 952, with 210 ending unchanged.

The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 29.67% to 27.05.

Commodities

Crude oil for October delivery was up 0.39% or 0.27 to $69.42 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading:
– Brent oil for November delivery rose 0.36% or 0.26 to hit $72.95.
– December Gold Futures contract rose 0.27% or 6.75 to trade at $2,549.85 a troy ounce.

Currency Exchange

• USD/JPY was down 0.78% to 142.32.
• EUR/JPY fell 0.73% to 158.22.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.20% at 100.87.