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 lost 0.43%.
The best performers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were DeNA Co Ltd (T:2432), which rose 22.44% or 300.0 points to trade at 1637.0 at the close. Meanwhile, Unitika, Ltd. (T:3103) added 6.57% or 23.0 points to end at 373.0 and Isuzu Motors, Ltd. (T:7202) was up 5.69% or 53.5 points to 993.5 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding (T:7003), which fell 7.17% or 32.0 points to trade at 414.0 at the close. Honda Motor Co Ltd (T:7267) declined 6.31% or 178.5 points to end at 2648.5 and Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Ltd. (T:7012) was down 5.87% or 90.0 points to 1443.0.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 1956 to 1518 and 183 ended unchanged.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0% to 21.56.
Crude oil for September delivery was up 0.19% or 0.08 to $42.27 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in October rose 0.46% or 0.21 to hit $45.38 a barrel, while the October Gold Futures contract rose 0.60% or 12.30 to trade at $2049.40 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was unchanged 0.00% to 105.57, while EUR/JPY rose 0.02% to 125.25.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.06% at 92.795.