Investing.com – Japan stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Paper & Pulp, Railway & Bus and Real Estate sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 declined 0.09%.
The best performers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were IHI Corp. (T:7013), which rose 2.86% or 71.0 points to trade at 2556.0 at the close. Meanwhile, Yamato Holdings Co., Ltd. (T:9064) added 2.66% or 46.0 points to end at 1774.5 and Sony Corp (T:6758) was up 2.10% or 134.0 points to 6510.0 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Asahi Glass Co., Ltd. (T:5201), which fell 4.18% or 150.0 points to trade at 3435.0 at the close. Central Japan Railway Co. (T:9022) declined 2.60% or 605.0 points to end at 22705.0 and Keio Corp. (T:9008) was down 2.59% or 180.0 points to 6770.0.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 2139 to 1348 and 247 ended unchanged.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0.00% to 15.71.
Crude oil for November delivery was down 0.71% or 0.38 to $52.98 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in December fell 0.50% or 0.30 to hit $59.12 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.06% or 0.85 to trade at $1494.85 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.03% to 108.78, while EUR/JPY rose 0.16% to 120.58.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.01% at 97.718.