Japan stocks lower at close of trade; Nikkei 225 down 0.32% By Investing.com

Investing.com – Japan stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the , and sectors led shares lower.

At the close in Tokyo, the lost 0.32%.

The best performers of the session on the were Hitachi Construction Machinery Co (TYO:), which rose 4.71% or 129.00 points to trade at 2,870.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Tokyo Electric Power Co., Inc. (TYO:) added 2.54% or 12.00 points to end at 484.00 and Yaskawa Electric Corp. (TYO:) was up 2.46% or 100.00 points to 4,170.00 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Canon Inc (TYO:), which fell 6.22% or 208.00 points to trade at 3,136.00 at the close. Concordia Financial Group Ltd (TYO:) declined 5.60% or 27.00 points to end at 455.00 and Fukuoka Financial Group, Inc. (TYO:) was down 5.38% or 143.00 points to 2,517.00.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 2214 to 1251 and 280 ended unchanged.

The , which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 1.80% to 23.44.

Crude oil for December delivery was down 0.56% or 0.49 to $87.42 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in January fell 0.55% or 0.52 to hit $93.27 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.30% or 4.95 to trade at $1,664.25 a troy ounce.

USD/JPY was down 0.35% to 145.85, while EUR/JPY fell 0.48% to 146.77.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.12% at 109.68.