Investing.com – Japan stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Banking, Precision Instruments and Real Estate sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 fell 0.12%.
The best performers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd. (TYO:7912), which rose 4.33% or 130.00 points to trade at 3,130.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Taiheiyo Cement Corp. (TYO:5233) added 3.26% or 69.00 points to end at 2,185.00 and Sumitomo Osaka Cement Co., Ltd. (TYO:5232) was up 3.09% or 100.00 points to 3,340.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd. (TYO:9107), which fell 4.11% or 118.00 points to trade at 2,754.00 at the close. Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. (TYO:9104) declined 3.24% or 110.00 points to end at 3,285.00 and Nippon Yusen K.K (TYO:9101) was down 2.38% or 77.00 points to 3,165.00.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 1866 to 1640 and 313 ended unchanged.
Shares in Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd. (TYO:7912) rose to 5-year highs; up 4.33% or 130.00 to 3,130.00.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 1.02% to 17.51.
Crude oil for March delivery was up 0.36% or 0.29 to $80.44 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in March rose 0.19% or 0.16 to hit $86.28 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract fell 0.02% or 0.45 to trade at $1,942.15 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.01% to 129.57, while EUR/JPY rose 0.06% to 141.52.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.01% at 101.41.
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