Japan stocks lower at close of trade; Nikkei 225 down 1.45%

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 1.45%.

The best performers of the session on the were Tokyo Electric Power Co., Inc. (TYO:), which rose 6.31% or 32.80 points to trade at 552.80 at the close. Meanwhile, Eisai Co., Ltd. (TYO:) added 2.47% or 233.00 points to end at 9,677.00 and Takara Holdings Inc. (TYO:) was up 2.35% or 25.50 points to 1,109.50 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Trend Micro Inc. (TYO:), which fell 4.85% or 347.00 points to trade at 6,814.00 at the close. Mitsui & Co., Ltd. (TYO:) declined 4.68% or 272.00 points to end at 5,536.00 and Mitsubishi Corp. (TYO:) was down 4.38% or 321.00 points to 7,001.00.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 2686 to 939 and 226 ended unchanged.

The , which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 0.05% to 20.24.

Crude oil for August delivery was down 1.94% or 1.35 to $68.16 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in August fell 1.75% or 1.30 to hit $72.84 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 0.22% or 4.15 to trade at $1,927.85 a troy ounce.

USD/JPY was down 0.20% to 142.84, while EUR/JPY fell 0.99% to 155.24.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.62% at 102.62.