Japan stocks lower at close of trade; Nikkei 225 down 0.40% 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 0.40%.

The best performers of the session on the were Softbank Group Corp. (TYO:), which rose 2.15% or 128.00 points to trade at 6,095.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Daiichi Sankyo Co., Ltd. (TYO:) added 1.75% or 76.00 points to end at 4,416.00 and Nippon Yusen K.K (TYO:) was up 1.45% or 43.50 points to 3,035.00 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Konami Corp. (TYO:), which fell 2.70% or 170.00 points to trade at 6,120.00 at the close. Minebea Mitsumi Inc (TYO:) declined 2.28% or 50.00 points to end at 2,142.00 and Taiyo Yuden Co., Ltd. (TYO:) was down 2.08% or 90.00 points to 4,235.00.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 2183 to 1294 and 322 ended unchanged.

The , which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 16.81% to 18.66.

Crude oil for January delivery was up 1.33% or 0.96 to $72.97 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in February rose 1.23% or 0.95 to hit $78.12 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract fell 0.02% or 0.35 to trade at $1,797.65 a troy ounce.

USD/JPY was up 0.11% to 136.74, while EUR/JPY rose 0.31% to 143.95.

The US Dollar Index Futures was unchanged 0.00% at 105.06.