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 fell 0.05%.
The best performers of the session on the were IHI Corp. (TYO:), which rose 3.20% or 192.00 points to trade at 6,189.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Osaka Gas Co., Ltd. (TYO:) added 2.82% or 99.00 points to end at 3,615.00 and Daiichi Sankyo Co., Ltd. (TYO:) was up 2.53% or 151.00 points to 6,131.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Nidec Corp (TYO:), which fell 3.32% or 202.00 points to trade at 5,883.00 at the close. Dainippon Screen Mfg. Co., Ltd. (TYO:) declined 2.84% or 315.00 points to end at 10,770.00 and SUMCO Corp. (TYO:) was down 2.57% or 43.50 points to 1,651.00.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 2061 to 1546 and 253 ended unchanged.
Shares in IHI Corp. (TYO:) rose to 5-year highs; gaining 3.20% or 192.00 to 6,189.00. Shares in Osaka Gas Co., Ltd. (TYO:) rose to 5-year highs; rising 2.82% or 99.00 to 3,615.00.
The , which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 4.99% to 22.47.
Crude oil for October delivery was up 0.19% or 0.14 to $74.66 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in November rose 0.14% or 0.11 to hit $77.69 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.59% or 14.95 to trade at $2,552.75 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.03% to 144.62, while EUR/JPY rose 0.10% to 160.97.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.11% at 100.88.
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