Investing.com – Japan stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Real Estate, Food and Fishery sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 lost 1.27%.
The best performers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Tokuyama Corp. (T:4043), which rose 2.88% or 13.0 points to trade at 464.0 at the close. Meanwhile, JX Holdings, Inc. (T:5020) added 1.61% or 8.2 points to end at 518.2 and Yaskawa Electric Corp. (T:6506) was up 1.43% or 27.0 points to 1910.0 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Familymart Ltd (T:8028), which fell 6.55% or 510.0 points to trade at 7280.0 at the close. Toshiba Corp. (T:6502) declined 5.29% or 15.9 points to end at 284.7 and Konami Corp. (T:9766) was down 4.33% or 205.0 points to 4530.0.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 2434 to 655 and 266 ended unchanged.
Shares in Yaskawa Electric Corp. (T:6506) rose to all time highs; up 1.43% or 27.0 to 1910.0.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 2.09% to 20.10.
Crude oil for February delivery was up 0.15% or 0.08 to $52.33 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in March rose 0.33% or 0.18 to hit $55.28 a barrel, while the February Gold contract rose 0.30% or 3.55 to trade at $1200.15 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.90% to 114.34, while EUR/JPY fell 0.46% to 121.56.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.47% at 101.22.