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 1.07%.
The best performers of the session on the were Mitsubishi Logistics Corp. (TYO:), which rose 5.37% or 263.00 points to trade at 5,157.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Kao Corp. (TYO:) added 5.24% or 348.00 points to end at 6,989.00 and GS Yuasa Corp. (TYO:) was up 4.10% or 113.00 points to 2,870.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Sharp Corp (TYO:), which fell 4.91% or 47.60 points to trade at 921.50 at the close. Chugai Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. (TYO:) declined 4.58% or 318.00 points to end at 6,625.00 and Resonac Holdings Corp (TYO:) was down 3.78% or 128.00 points to 3,261.00.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 1837 to 1752 and 264 ended unchanged.
The , which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 3.11% to 20.86 a new 1-month low.
Crude oil for October delivery was up 0.27% or 0.19 to $69.39 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in November rose 0.23% or 0.17 to hit $72.87 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.42% or 10.60 to trade at $2,536.60 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.47% to 143.05, while EUR/JPY fell 0.47% to 158.57.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.14% at 101.16.
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