Investing.com – Japan stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Warehousing, Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic and Automobiles & Parts sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 lost 0.80%.
The best performers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Familymart Ltd (T:8028), which rose 2.38% or 300.0 points to trade at 12920.0 at the close. Meanwhile, Oji Holdings Corp. (T:3861) added 2.06% or 16.0 points to end at 794.0 and Tokyo Dome Corp. (T:9681) was up 2.04% or 20.0 points to 998.0 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Yaskawa Electric Corp. (T:6506), which fell 7.84% or 265.0 points to trade at 3115.0 at the close. Showa Shell Sekiyu K.K. (T:5002) declined 5.40% or 129.0 points to end at 2261.0 and Okuma Corp. (T:6103) was down 5.19% or 320.0 points to 5840.0.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 2093 to 1380 and 212 ended unchanged.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 13.69% to 20.99.
Crude oil for November delivery was down 0.36% or 0.25 to $69.50 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in December fell 0.45% or 0.36 to hit $79.69 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.15% or 1.90 to trade at $1225.50 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.08% to 112.58, while EUR/JPY rose 0.02% to 129.61.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.04% at 95.31.