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 2.62%.
The best performers of the session on the were Advantest Corp. (TYO:), which rose 13.83% or 834.00 points to trade at 6,863.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Sumitomo Dainippon Pharma Co Ltd (TYO:) added 13.16% or 55.00 points to end at 473.00 and TOTO Ltd. (TYO:) was up 9.59% or 396.00 points to 4,525.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Yamaha Corp. (TYO:), which fell 14.13% or 508.00 points to trade at 3,087.00 at the close. Isetan Mitsukoshi Holdings Ltd. (TYO:) declined 10.52% or 319.00 points to end at 2,712.00 and Toyota Tsusho Corp. (TYO:) was down 10.42% or 316.00 points to 2,717.00.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 3484 to 315 and 81 ended unchanged.
Shares in TOTO Ltd. (TYO:) rose to 52-week highs; rising 9.59% or 396.00 to 4,525.00.
The , which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 1.59% to 21.77.
Crude oil for September delivery was up 0.86% or 0.67 to $78.58 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in October rose 0.72% or 0.58 to hit $81.42 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.72% or 17.90 to trade at $2,490.90 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.07% to 150.09, while EUR/JPY fell 0.00% to 162.36.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.07% at 103.93.
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