Investing.com – Japan stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Communication, Services and Transport sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 lost 2.62%.
The best performers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Advantest Corp. (TYO:6857), which rose 13.83% or 834.00 points to trade at 6,863.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Sumitomo Dainippon Pharma Co Ltd (TYO:4506) added 13.16% or 55.00 points to end at 473.00 and TOTO Ltd. (TYO:5332) was up 9.59% or 396.00 points to 4,525.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Yamaha Corp. (TYO:7951), which fell 14.13% or 508.00 points to trade at 3,087.00 at the close. Isetan Mitsukoshi Holdings Ltd. (TYO:3099) declined 10.52% or 319.00 points to end at 2,712.00 and Toyota Tsusho Corp. (TYO:8015) was down 10.42% or 316.00 points to 2,717.00.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 3484 to 315 and 81 ended unchanged.
Shares in TOTO Ltd. (TYO:5332) rose to 52-week highs; rising 9.59% or 396.00 to 4,525.00.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 1.59% to 21.77.
Crude oil for September delivery was up 0.86% or 0.67 to $78.58 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in October rose 0.72% or 0.58 to hit $81.42 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.72% or 17.90 to trade at $2,490.90 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.07% to 150.09, while EUR/JPY fell 0.00% to 162.36.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.07% at 103.93.