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 0.88%.
The best performers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Daikin Industries, Ltd. (T:6367), which rose 3.66% or 775.0 points to trade at 21950.0 at the close. Meanwhile, Hitachi Zosen Corp. (T:7004) added 3.25% or 24.0 points to end at 763.0 and Tokyo Tatemono Co., Ltd. (T:8804) was up 2.22% or 36.0 points to 1656.0 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Otsuka Holdings Ltd (T:4578), which fell 4.47% or 201.0 points to trade at 4299.0 at the close. Inpex Corp. (T:1605) declined 4.12% or 34.0 points to end at 791.0 and Mitsui Chemicals, Inc. (T:4183) was down 3.91% or 145.0 points to 3565.0.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 2946 to 612 and 186 ended unchanged.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0% to 17.26.
Crude oil for August delivery was down 0.48% or 0.35 to $71.85 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in September fell 0.34% or 0.25 to hit $73.18 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 0.20% or 3.55 to trade at $1805.65 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.60% to 109.98, while EUR/JPY fell 0.44% to 129.85.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.00% at 92.648.