Investing.com – Japan stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Precision Instruments, Steel and Electrical/Machinery sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 lost 0.01%.
The best performers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were J.Front Retailing Co., Ltd. (T:3086), which rose 5.20% or 62.0 points to trade at 1254.0 at the close. Meanwhile, Tokyo Dome Corp. (T:9681) added 5.13% or 48.0 points to end at 983.0 and Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. (T:9104) was up 4.28% or 10.0 points to 243.5 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Alps Electric Co., Ltd. (T:6770), which fell 4.75% or 114.0 points to trade at 2287.0 at the close. Comsys Holdings Corp. (T:1721) declined 2.68% or 53.0 points to end at 1925.0 and Minebea Co., Ltd. (T:6479) was down 2.68% or 28.0 points to 1017.0.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 981 to 899 and 176 ended unchanged.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 2.43% to 24.01.
Crude oil for October delivery was up 0.81% or 0.35 to $43.51 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in November rose 0.75% or 0.34 to hit $45.79 a barrel, while the December Gold contract fell 0.21% or 2.75 to trade at $1314.35 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.37% to 103.60, while EUR/JPY rose 0.33% to 115.96.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.06% at 95.72.