Japan stocks lower at close of trade; Nikkei 225 down 0.11%

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 lost 0.11%.

The best performers of the session on the were Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding (TYO:), which rose 5.34% or 29.00 points to trade at 572.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Seven & i Holdings Co., Ltd. (TYO:) added 5.31% or 292.00 points to end at 5,787.00 and Trend Micro Inc. (TYO:) was up 4.51% or 339.00 points to 7,853.00 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Rakuten Inc (TYO:), which fell 4.39% or 25.70 points to trade at 560.00 at the close. Taiyo Yuden Co., Ltd. (TYO:) declined 3.63% or 139.00 points to end at 3,695.00 and CyberAgent Inc (TYO:) was down 3.11% or 27.80 points to 866.80.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 2113 to 1519 and 240 ended unchanged.

Shares in Trend Micro Inc. (TYO:) rose to 52-week highs; rising 4.51% or 339.00 to 7,853.00.

The , which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 5.70% to 17.05.

Crude oil for January delivery was down 0.14% or 0.11 to $75.85 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in February fell 0.32% or 0.26 to hit $80.60 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.16% or 3.20 to trade at $2,041.30 a troy ounce.

USD/JPY was down 0.08% to 148.07, while EUR/JPY rose 0.09% to 161.50.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.14% at 103.28.