Japan stocks lower at close of trade; Nikkei 225 down 0.72% By Investing.com

Investing.com – Japan stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the , and sectors led shares lower.

At the close in Tokyo, the declined 0.72%.

The best performers of the session on the were Nissan Chemical Industries, Ltd. (T:), which rose 4.13% or 250.0 points to trade at 6310.0 at the close. Meanwhile, Taiheiyo Cement Corp. (T:) added 3.68% or 95.0 points to end at 2680.0 and Taiyo Yuden Co., Ltd. (T:) was up 3.40% or 190.0 points to 5780.0 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Odakyu Electric Railway Co., Ltd. (T:), which fell 5.27% or 180.0 points to trade at 3235.0 at the close. Keisei Electric Railway Co., Ltd. (T:) declined 4.23% or 165.0 points to end at 3735.0 and Inpex Corp. (T:) was down 4.18% or 33.0 points to 757.0.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 2531 to 1025 and 188 ended unchanged.

The , which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0% to 23.63.

Crude oil for March delivery was down 1.35% or 0.82 to $59.70 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in April fell 1.03% or 0.66 to hit $63.27 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 0.41% or 7.20 to trade at $1767.80 a troy ounce.

USD/JPY was down 0.02% to 105.64, while EUR/JPY rose 0.09% to 127.83.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.10% at 90.513.