Japan stocks lower at close of trade; Nikkei 225 down 0.35% 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 fell 0.35%.

The best performers of the session on the were Isetan Mitsukoshi Holdings Ltd. (TYO:), which rose 5.55% or 65.00 points to trade at 1,236.00 at the close. Meanwhile, JGC Corp. (TYO:) added 4.85% or 87.00 points to end at 1,880.00 and Takashimaya Co., Ltd. (TYO:) was up 4.32% or 70.00 points to 1,690.00 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Sumitomo Metal Mining Co., Ltd. (TYO:), which fell 5.44% or 259.00 points to trade at 4,506.00 at the close. Advantest Corp. (TYO:) declined 3.14% or 290.00 points to end at 8,940.00 and Tokyo Electron Ltd. (TYO:) was down 2.95% or 1,370.00 points to 45,030.00.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 2359 to 1148 and 282 ended unchanged.

The , which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 1.54% to 19.16.

Crude oil for December delivery was down 0.72% or 0.62 to $84.97 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in January fell 0.44% or 0.41 to hit $92.45 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.27% or 4.80 to trade at $1,771.00 a troy ounce.

USD/JPY was down 0.07% to 139.46, while EUR/JPY fell 0.09% to 144.88.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.04% at 106.19.