Investing.com – Japan stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Transportation Equipment, Construction and Shipbuilding sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 declined 0.30%.
The best performers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Okuma Corp. (T:6103), which rose 4.87% or 40.0 points to trade at 862.0 at the close. Meanwhile, Mitsubishi Motors Corp. (T:7211) added 4.46% or 24.0 points to end at 562.5 and Showa Denko K.K. (T:4004) was up 3.32% or 43.0 points to 1338.0 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Mitsui Mining and Smelting Co. (T:5706), which fell 5.52% or 13.0 points to trade at 222.5 at the close. Toho Zinc Co., Ltd. (T:5707) declined 4.59% or 17.0 points to end at 353.0 and Rakuten Inc (T:4755) was down 4.10% or 54.0 points to 1264.0.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 1683 to 1220 and 385 ended unchanged.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 0.11% to 18.48.
Crude oil for December delivery was down 0.02% or 0.01 to $50.62 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in December rose 0.14% or 0.07 to hit $51.45 a barrel, while the December Gold contract fell 0.26% or 3.35 to trade at $1264.15 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.02% to 103.92, while EUR/JPY fell 0.22% to 113.36.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.13% at 98.42.