Investing.com – Japan stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the , and sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the lost 2.51%.
The best performers of the session on the were Nichirei Corp. (TYO:), which rose 6.34% or 224.00 points to trade at 3,755.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Kansai Electric Power Co Inc (TYO:) added 3.33% or 90.50 points to end at 2,806.00 and Asahi Group Holdings, Ltd. (TYO:) was up 3.27% or 186.00 points to 5,880.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Tokyo Electron Ltd. (TYO:), which fell 8.75% or 2,920.00 points to trade at 30,470.00 at the close. Dainippon Screen Mfg. Co., Ltd. (TYO:) declined 8.41% or 1,245.00 points to end at 13,560.00 and Hoya Cor (TYO:) was down 7.49% or 1,560.00 points to 19,265.00.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 2389 to 1250 and 232 ended unchanged.
The , which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 2.50% to 17.91.
Crude oil for September delivery was up 0.81% or 0.66 to $82.10 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in September rose 0.68% or 0.58 to hit $85.66 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 0.54% or 13.20 to trade at $2,473.10 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.06% to 156.26, while EUR/JPY fell 0.05% to 170.81.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.05% at 103.49.
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