Investing.com – Japan stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Machinery, Electrical/Machinery and Food sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 declined 0.47%.
The best performers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (TO) (T:8306), which rose 5.68% or 39.0 points to trade at 726.1 at the close. Meanwhile, Resona Holdings, Inc. (T:8308) added 5.25% or 29.5 points to end at 591.7 and Nomura Holdings Inc (T:8604) was up 4.84% or 31.5 points to 682.0 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were DeNA Co Ltd (T:2432), which fell 6.68% or 235.0 points to trade at 3285.0 at the close. Dainippon Screen Mfg. Co., Ltd. (T:7735) declined 5.51% or 375.0 points to end at 6434.9 and Tokyo Electron Ltd. (T:8035) was down 4.39% or 460.0 points to 10025.0.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 1855 to 1173 and 305 ended unchanged.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 2.96% to 20.86.
Crude oil for January delivery was down 0.22% or 0.11 to $50.95 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in February fell 0.59% or 0.32 to hit $53.62 a barrel, while the February Gold contract rose 0.53% or 6.15 to trade at $1175.55 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.06% to 114.04, while EUR/JPY rose 0.16% to 121.81.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.16% at 100.86.