Japan stocks lower at close of trade; Nikkei 225 down 0.43%

Investing.com – Japan stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Chemical, Petroleum&Plastic, Banking and Textile sectors led shares lower.

At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 declined 0.43% to hit a new 1-month low.

The best performers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Kuraray Co., Ltd. (TYO:3405), which rose 3.40% or 50.50 points to trade at 1,537.50 at the close. Meanwhile, Ebara Corp. (TYO:6361) added 2.32% or 159.00 points to end at 6,999.00 and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (TYO:7011) was up 1.68% or 125.00 points to 7,576.00 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were J.Front Retailing Co., Ltd. (TYO:3086), which fell 4.31% or 67.50 points to trade at 1,498.00 at the close. Fujikura Ltd. (TYO:5803) declined 3.99% or 47.50 points to end at 1,143.00 and Isetan Mitsukoshi Holdings Ltd. (TYO:3099) was down 3.77% or 64.50 points to 1,645.50.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 2679 to 936 and 235 ended unchanged.

Shares in Kuraray Co., Ltd. (TYO:3405) rose to 3-years highs; gaining 3.40% or 50.50 to 1,537.50.

The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 5.94% to 19.97.

Crude oil for September delivery was up 0.19% or 0.15 to $80.54 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in October rose 0.05% or 0.04 to hit $84.16 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.38% or 7.35 to trade at $1,922.55 a troy ounce.

USD/JPY was down 0.43% to 145.20, while EUR/JPY fell 0.44% to 157.86.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.15% at 103.32.