Investing.com – Japan stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Gas & Water, Precision Instruments and Transport sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 declined 0.32%.
The best performers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Fujitsu Ltd. (T:6702), which rose 7.83% or 43.5 points to trade at 599.4 at the close. Meanwhile, IHI Corp. (T:7013) added 4.13% or 11.0 points to end at 277.5 and Mitsubishi Estate Co., Ltd. (T:8802) was up 2.55% or 52.0 points to 2092.5 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Pioneer Corp. (T:6773), which fell 4.67% or 12.0 points to trade at 245.0 at the close. Canon Inc. (T:7751) declined 3.00% or 91.5 points to end at 2961.5 and Nisshin Seifun Group Inc. (T:2002) was down 2.86% or 46.0 points to 1562.0.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 1450 to 1449 and 373 ended unchanged.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 1.70% to 18.51.
Crude oil for December delivery was up 0.33% or 0.16 to $49.34 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in December rose 0.42% or 0.21 to hit $50.19 a barrel, while the December Gold contract rose 0.20% or 2.55 to trade at $1269.15 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.15% to 104.63, while EUR/JPY rose 0.10% to 114.08.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.10% at 98.69.