Investing.com – Japan stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Transportation Equipment, Communication and Railway & Bus sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 declined 0.12%.
The best performers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Advantest Corp. (T:6857), which rose 6.28% or 156.0 points to trade at 2641.0 at the close. Meanwhile, Matsui Securities Co., Ltd. (T:8628) added 4.59% or 49.0 points to end at 1116.0 and Tokyo Electric Power Co., Inc. (T:9501) was up 3.47% or 18.0 points to 536.5 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Eisai Co., Ltd. (T:4523), which fell 10.09% or 1121.0 points to trade at 9989.0 at the close. Toho Zinc Co., Ltd. (T:5707) declined 4.31% or 175.0 points to end at 3890.0 and Mitsubishi Motors Corp. (T:7211) was down 4.03% or 36.0 points to 856.5.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 2450 to 943 and 187 ended unchanged.
Shares in Matsui Securities Co., Ltd. (T:8628) rose to 52-week highs; rising 4.59% or 49.0 to 1116.0.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 2.70% to 16.21.
Crude oil for September delivery was down 0.26% or 0.18 to $69.12 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in September rose 0.53% or 0.39 to hit $74.32 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.30% or 3.70 to trade at $1228.10 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.25% to 110.70, while EUR/JPY fell 0.32% to 129.74.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.04% at 94.02.