Japan stocks lower at close of trade; Nikkei 225 down 1.87% 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 fell 1.87% to hit a new 1-month low.

The best performers of the session on the were Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd. (TYO:), which rose 2.58% or 68.00 points to trade at 2,700.00 at the close. Meanwhile, J.Front Retailing Co., Ltd. (TYO:) added 0.87% or 10.00 points to end at 1,164.00 and Keio Corp. (TYO:) was up 0.80% or 40.00 points to 5,010.00 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Tokyo Electron Ltd. (TYO:), which fell 4.47% or 2,050.00 points to trade at 43,780.00 at the close. Hitachi Zosen Corp. (TYO:) declined 4.05% or 35.00 points to end at 830.00 and CyberAgent Inc (TYO:) was down 3.87% or 47.00 points to 1,169.00.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 2705 to 886 and 219 ended unchanged.

The , which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 4.68% to 16.31 a new 52-week low.

Crude oil for January delivery was down 0.30% or 0.23 to $75.88 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in February fell 0.14% or 0.11 to hit $81.10 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.15% or 2.60 to trade at $1,790.40 a troy ounce.

USD/JPY was down 0.31% to 137.34, while EUR/JPY unchanged 0.00% to 146.38.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.20% at 104.00.