Japan shares lower at close of trade; Nikkei 225 down 0.62%

Investing.com – Japan equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Precision Instruments, Mining and Chemical, Petroleum&Plastic sectors propelled shares lower.

At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 fell 0.62%.

The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were M3 Inc (TYO:2413), which rose 6.57% or 87.00 points to trade at 1,412.00 at the close. Shiseido Co., Ltd. (TYO:4911) added 4.91% or 152.00 points to end at 3,247.00 and Tokyo Electric Power Co., Inc. (TYO:9501) was up 2.88% or 19.00 points to 678.90 in late trade.

Biggest losers included Rakuten Inc (TYO:4755), which lost 4.96% or 49.40 points to trade at 946.40 in late trade. Daikin Industries, Ltd. (TYO:6367) declined 3.75% or 675.00 points to end at 17,305.00 and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (TYO:7011) shed 3.66% or 65.00 points to 1,712.00.

Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 2691 to 952 and 210 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.

The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 29.67% to 27.05.

In commodities trading, Crude oil for October delivery was up 0.38% or 0.26 to $69.41 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in November rose 0.34% or 0.25 to hit $72.94 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.24% or 6.15 to trade at $2,549.25 a troy ounce.

USD/JPY was down 0.78% to 142.32, while EUR/JPY fell 0.73% to 158.21.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.20% at 100.87.