Investing.com – Japan stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Gas & Water, Mining and Power sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 lost 0.16%.
The best performers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Toshiba Corp. (T:6502), which rose 9.06% or 23.5 points to trade at 282.8 at the close. Meanwhile, Nippon Suisan Kaisha, Ltd. (T:1332) added 2.74% or 15.0 points to end at 562.0 and Advantest Corp. (T:6857) was up 1.97% or 38.0 points to 1968.0 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Fast Retailing Co., Ltd. (T:9983), which fell 1.95% or 830.0 points to trade at 41830.0 at the close. Taiheiyo Cement Corp. (T:5233) declined 1.85% or 7.0 points to end at 370.5 and Tokyo Electric Power Co., Inc. (T:9501) was down 1.56% or 7.5 points to 473.0.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 1767 to 1181 and 387 ended unchanged.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 4.23% to 21.17 a new 1-month high.
Crude oil for February delivery was up 0.45% or 0.24 to $54.01 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in March rose 0.55% or 0.31 to hit $57.16 a barrel, while the February Gold contract rose 0.24% or 2.75 to trade at $1160.85 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.21% to 116.81, while EUR/JPY rose 0.56% to 122.95.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.19% at 102.46.