Investing.com – Japan stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Warehousing, Railway & Bus and Pharmaceutical Industry sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 fell 0.44%.
The best performers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Nikon Corp. (T:7731), which rose 4.76% or 84.0 points to trade at 1849.0 at the close. Meanwhile, Kajima Corp. (T:1812) added 3.91% or 37.0 points to end at 983.0 and Shimizu Corp. (T:1803) was up 2.53% or 30.0 points to 1216.0 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Toyo Seikan Group Holdings, Ltd. (T:5901), which fell 3.02% or 57.0 points to trade at 1828.0 at the close. Okuma Corp. (T:6103) declined 2.82% or 31.0 points to end at 1067.0 and Pioneer Corp. (T:6773) was down 2.70% or 6.0 points to 216.0.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 1618 to 1514 and 327 ended unchanged.
Shares in Kajima Corp. (T:1812) rose to all time highs; gaining 3.91% or 37.0 to 983.0.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 3.31% to 15.49.
Crude oil for August delivery was up 1.57% or 0.71 to $45.84 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in September rose 1.46% or 0.70 to hit $48.49 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 0.15% or 1.83 to trade at $1223.53 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.04% to 113.33, while EUR/JPY unchanged 0.00% to 128.60.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.03% at 96.00.