Japan stocks lower at close of trade; Nikkei 225 down 0.98%

Investing.com – Japan stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Chemical, Petroleum&Plastic, Transport and Railway&Bus sectors led shares lower.

At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 lost 0.98%.

The best performers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Fujikura Ltd. (TYO:5803), which rose 16.39% or 150.00 points to trade at 1,065.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Kajima Corp. (TYO:1812) added 6.91% or 98.00 points to end at 1,517.00 and Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Ltd. (TYO:7012) was up 5.27% or 143.00 points to 2,857.00 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Kobe Steel, Ltd. (TYO:5406), which fell 7.54% or 49.00 points to trade at 601.00 at the close. Kubota Corp. (TYO:6326) declined 7.05% or 152.50 points to end at 2,011.00 and Yokohama Rubber Co Ltd (TYO:5101) was down 6.51% or 151.00 points to 2,167.00.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 2152 to 1361 and 281 ended unchanged.

Shares in Fujikura Ltd. (TYO:5803) rose to 3-years highs; up 16.39% or 150.00 to 1,065.00.

The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 1.61% to 20.87.

Crude oil for December delivery was down 0.55% or 0.47 to $85.36 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in January fell 0.41% or 0.38 to hit $92.27 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.30% or 5.15 to trade at $1,708.55 a troy ounce.

USD/JPY was up 0.00% to 146.45, while EUR/JPY fell 0.07% to 146.52.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.05% at 110.41.