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 1.00%.
The best performers of the session on the were Hitachi Ltd (TYO:), which rose 3.69% or 130.00 points to trade at 3,654.00 at the close. Meanwhile, IHI Corp. (TYO:) added 3.40% or 149.00 points to end at 4,537.00 and Mercari Inc (TYO:) was up 2.60% or 51.00 points to 2,009.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Dainippon Screen Mfg. Co., Ltd. (TYO:), which fell 5.73% or 875.00 points to trade at 14,395.00 at the close. Japan Exchange Group Inc (TYO:) declined 3.39% or 129.00 points to end at 3,677.00 and Japan Tobacco Inc (TYO:) was down 2.93% or 132.00 points to 4,370.00.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 2033 to 1574 and 267 ended unchanged.
Shares in Hitachi Ltd (TYO:) rose to 3-years lows; rising 3.69% or 130.00 to 3,654.00. Shares in IHI Corp. (TYO:) rose to 5-year highs; up 3.40% or 149.00 to 4,537.00.
The , which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 1.53% to 16.74.
Crude oil for August delivery was down 0.12% or 0.10 to $80.80 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in September fell 0.09% or 0.08 to hit $84.39 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 to trade at $2,313.20 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.25% to 160.38, while EUR/JPY fell 0.14% to 171.53.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.15% at 105.56.
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