Investing.com – Japan stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Mining, Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic and Warehousing sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 declined 1.11%.
The best performers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were NTT Data Corp. (T:9613), which rose 3.63% or 43.0 points to trade at 1226.0 at the close. Meanwhile, Otsuka Holdings Ltd (T:4578) added 3.29% or 174.0 points to end at 5465.0 and Chugai Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. (T:4519) was up 2.89% or 170.0 points to 6050.0 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Yaskawa Electric Corp. (T:6506), which fell 5.14% or 240.0 points to trade at 4430.0 at the close. Mazda Motor Corp (T:7261) declined 5.11% or 75.5 points to end at 1400.8 and Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Ltd. (T:7012) was down 4.96% or 180.0 points to 3452.5.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 2461 to 895 and 210 ended unchanged.
Shares in Chugai Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. (T:4519) rose to all time highs; rising 2.89% or 170.0 to 6050.0.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 13.86% to 16.18.
Crude oil for July delivery was down 0.45% or 0.32 to $71.52 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in July fell 0.58% or 0.46 to hit $79.34 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 0.56% or 7.20 to trade at $1296.80 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.35% to 109.68, while EUR/JPY unchanged 0.00% to 128.75.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.28% at 93.65.