Japan stocks lower at close of trade; Nikkei 225 down 1.17%

Investing.com – Japan stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the , and sectors led shares lower.

At the close in Tokyo, the fell 1.17%.

The best performers of the session on the were Chiba Bank Ltd (TYO:), which rose 2.06% or 18.40 points to trade at 912.90 at the close. Meanwhile, SKY Perfect JSAT Holdings Inc. (TYO:) added 1.58% or 9.00 points to end at 580.00 and Fukuoka Financial Group, Inc. (TYO:) was up 1.34% or 41.00 points to 3,095.00 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Eisai Co., Ltd. (TYO:), which fell 4.67% or 460.00 points to trade at 9,382.00 at the close. Tokyo Electric Power Co., Inc. (TYO:) declined 3.23% or 17.50 points to end at 525.10 and Mitsui Fudosan Co., Ltd. (TYO:) was down 2.82% or 82.00 points to 2,827.50.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 2290 to 1300 and 256 ended unchanged.

The , which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 2.18% to 19.21.

Crude oil for August delivery was up 0.64% or 0.46 to $72.26 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in September rose 0.60% or 0.46 to hit $76.98 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 0.37% or 7.00 to trade at $1,922.40 a troy ounce.

USD/JPY was down 0.60% to 143.19, while EUR/JPY fell 0.67% to 155.84.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.12% at 102.75.