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 declined 0.61%.
The best performers of the session on the were Sumitomo Electric Industries Ltd. (TYO:), which rose 6.53% or 176.50 points to trade at 2,880.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Mercari Inc (TYO:) added 6.16% or 111.00 points to end at 1,914.00 and Sapporo Holdings Ltd. (TYO:) was up 5.78% or 419.00 points to 7,669.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Kansai Electric Power Co Inc (TYO:), which fell 18.46% or 442.50 points to trade at 1,954.50 at the close. Toppan Printing Co., Ltd. (TYO:) declined 8.14% or 378.00 points to end at 4,265.00 and Sumitomo Dainippon Pharma Co Ltd (TYO:) was down 6.49% or 41.00 points to 591.00.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 2383 to 1235 and 236 ended unchanged.
Shares in Sumitomo Electric Industries Ltd. (TYO:) rose to all time highs; up 6.53% or 176.50 to 2,880.00.
The , which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 2.66% to 23.08 a new 1-month low.
Crude oil for December delivery was down 0.72% or 0.49 to $67.94 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in January fell 0.64% or 0.46 to hit $71.82 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.99% or 25.50 to trade at $2,561.00 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.32% to 155.94, while EUR/JPY rose 0.12% to 164.41.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.22% at 106.62.
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