Investing.com – Japan stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Warehousing, Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic and Pharmaceutical Industry sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 declined 0.25%.
The best performers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Toyobo Co., Ltd. (T:3101), which rose 3.03% or 5.0 points to trade at 170.0 at the close. Meanwhile, The Shizuoka Bank, Ltd. (T:8355) added 2.63% or 20.0 points to end at 781.0 and Tokuyama Corp. (T:4043) was up 2.51% or 10.0 points to 408.0 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Sumitomo Metal Mining Co., Ltd. (T:5713), which fell 4.87% or 65.0 points to trade at 1271.0 at the close. Shiseido Co., Ltd. (T:4911) declined 4.71% or 125.5 points to end at 2539.0 and Toho Zinc Co., Ltd. (T:5707) was down 4.32% or 14.0 points to 310.0.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 959 to 923 and 174 ended unchanged.
Shares in Tokuyama Corp. (T:4043) rose to 52-week highs; up 2.51% or 10.0 to 408.0.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 1.77% to 22.99.
Crude oil for October delivery was up 0.32% or 0.15 to $46.92 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in October rose 0.16% or 0.08 to hit $49.13 a barrel, while the December Gold contract fell 0.04% or 0.55 to trade at $1329.15 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.02% to 100.43, while EUR/JPY rose 0.02% to 113.17.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.01% at 94.72.