Investing.com – Japan stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Rubber, Insurance and Fishery sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 declined 0.42%.
The best performers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were DIC Corp (TYO:4631), which rose 5.42% or 138.50 points to trade at 2,694.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Unitika, Ltd. (TYO:3103) added 2.96% or 5.00 points to end at 174.00 and Toho Zinc Co., Ltd. (TYO:5707) was up 2.66% or 29.00 points to 1,119.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Trend Micro Inc. (TYO:4704), which fell 6.18% or 500.00 points to trade at 7,592.00 at the close. Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd. (TYO:9107) declined 3.92% or 249.00 points to end at 6,101.00 and Nippon Yusen K.K (TYO:9101) was down 3.46% or 157.00 points to 4,384.00.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 2562 to 1148 and 174 ended unchanged.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 0.78% to 16.90.
Crude oil for February delivery was down 0.03% or 0.02 to $74.09 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in March rose 0.03% or 0.02 to hit $79.56 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.09% or 1.80 to trade at $2,094.90 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.45% to 141.18, while EUR/JPY fell 0.44% to 156.81.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.10% at 100.55.