Investing.com – Japan stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic, Mining and Steel sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 lost 0.48%.
The best performers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Dainippon Screen Mfg. Co., Ltd. (T:7735), which rose 4.87% or 470.0 points to trade at 10125.0 at the close. Meanwhile, Advantest Corp. (T:6857) added 3.13% or 71.0 points to end at 2338.0 and Tokyo Electron Ltd. (T:8035) was up 2.77% or 615.0 points to 22850.0 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Ricoh Co., Ltd. (T:7752), which fell 5.79% or 65.0 points to trade at 1057.0 at the close. Tokai Carbon Co., Ltd. (T:5301) declined 5.04% or 86.0 points to end at 1620.0 and Tosoh Corp. (T:4042) was down 4.79% or 123.0 points to 2443.0.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 2411 to 984 and 188 ended unchanged.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 5.02% to 15.48.
Crude oil for February delivery was up 0.09% or 0.06 to $64.03 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in March fell 0.07% or 0.05 to hit $69.33 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract fell 0.87% or 11.60 to trade at $1327.60 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.04% to 111.27, while EUR/JPY rose 0.08% to 135.73.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.04% at 90.61.