Investing.com – Japan stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Chemical, Petroleum&Plastic, Railway&Bus and Shipbuilding sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 lost 0.32%.
The best performers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Hitachi Construction Machinery Co (TYO:6305), which rose 4.71% or 129.00 points to trade at 2,870.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Tokyo Electric Power Co., Inc. (TYO:9501) added 2.54% or 12.00 points to end at 484.00 and Yaskawa Electric Corp. (TYO:6506) was up 2.46% or 100.00 points to 4,170.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Canon Inc (TYO:7751), which fell 6.22% or 208.00 points to trade at 3,136.00 at the close. Concordia Financial Group Ltd (TYO:7186) declined 5.60% or 27.00 points to end at 455.00 and Fukuoka Financial Group, Inc. (TYO:8354) was down 5.38% or 143.00 points to 2,517.00.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 2214 to 1251 and 280 ended unchanged.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 1.80% to 23.44.
Crude oil for December delivery was down 0.56% or 0.49 to $87.42 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in January fell 0.55% or 0.52 to hit $93.27 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.30% or 4.95 to trade at $1,664.25 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.35% to 145.85, while EUR/JPY fell 0.48% to 146.77.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.12% at 109.68.
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