Japan shares fall at the close; The Nikkei 225 was down 0.62% by Investing.com

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

At the close in Tokyo, it lost 0.62%.

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

The worst performers of the session were Rakuten Inc (TYO: ), which declined 4.96% or 49.40 points to trade at 946.40 at the close. Daikin Industries, Ltd. (TYO: ) declined 3.75% or 675.00 points to end at 17,305.00 and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (TYO: ) declined 3.66% or 65.00 points to 1,712.00.

Declining stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 2,691 to 952, with 210 ending unchanged.

which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, rose 29.67% to 27.05.

Crude oil for October delivery rose 0.39%, or 0.27, to $69.42 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodity trading, Brent crude for November delivery rose 0.36%, or 0.26, to $72.95 a barrel, while December gold futures rose 0.27 % or 6.75 to $2,549.85 per troy ounce.

USD/JPY fell 0.78% to 142.32, while EUR/JPY fell 0.73% to 158.22.

US dollar index futures fell 0.20% to 100.87.