Investing.com – Japan stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Paper & Pulp, Railway & Bus and Real Estate sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 declined 1.52% to hit a new 1-month low.
The best performers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Advantest Corp. (T:6857), which rose 9.24% or 510.0 points to trade at 6030.0 at the close. Meanwhile, Seiko Epson Cor (T:6724) added 6.83% or 77.0 points to end at 1204.0 and Panasonic Corp (T:6752) was up 4.94% or 45.2 points to 960.7 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Kyocera Corp. (T:6971), which fell 9.95% or 633.0 points to trade at 5731.0 at the close. Oki Electric Industry Co., Ltd. (T:6703) declined 7.03% or 73.0 points to end at 965.0 and Mitsui & Co., Ltd. (T:8031) was down 6.32% or 110.0 points to 1630.0.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 3109 to 484 and 111 ended unchanged.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0% to 24.20.
Crude oil for December delivery was down 0.91% or 0.33 to $35.84 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in January fell 0.99% or 0.38 to hit $37.88 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.19% or 3.55 to trade at $1871.55 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.22% to 104.38, while EUR/JPY fell 0.20% to 121.88.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.05% at 93.933.