Investing.com – Japan stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Mining, Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic and Shipbuilding sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 lost 0.20%.
The best performers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Amada Co., Ltd. (T:6113), which rose 11.45% or 123.0 points to trade at 1197.0 at the close. Meanwhile, Chiyoda Corp. (T:6366) added 4.63% or 15.0 points to end at 339.0 and Kuraray Co., Ltd. (T:3405) was up 4.03% or 66.0 points to 1704.0 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Taiyo Yuden Co., Ltd. (T:6976), which fell 4.82% or 103.0 points to trade at 2036.0 at the close. Shinsei Bank, Ltd. (T:8303) declined 4.80% or 82.0 points to end at 1627.0 and The Dai-ichi Life Insurance Co. (T:8750) was down 4.00% or 86.0 points to 2066.0.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 1768 to 1715 and 219 ended unchanged.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 0.18% to 22.31.
Crude oil for December delivery was up 0.25% or 0.14 to $56.39 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in January rose 0.70% or 0.46 to hit $66.58 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.39% or 4.70 to trade at $1214.80 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.12% to 113.48, while EUR/JPY rose 0.17% to 128.72.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.03% at 96.69.