Japan stocks lower at close of trade; Nikkei 225 down 0.60% 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 declined 0.60%.

The best performers of the session on the were Mitsubishi Motors Corp. (TYO:), which rose 2.14% or 10.00 points to trade at 477.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Tokyo Electron Ltd. (TYO:) added 1.91% or 670.00 points to end at 35,760.00 and Dainippon Screen Mfg. Co., Ltd. (TYO:) was up 1.84% or 140.00 points to 7,740.00 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Toho Co., Ltd. (TYO:), which fell 3.84% or 195.00 points to trade at 4,885.00 at the close. TOTO Ltd. (TYO:) declined 3.10% or 150.00 points to end at 4,685.00 and Chiyoda Corp. (TYO:) was down 3.04% or 11.00 points to 351.00.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 2767 to 776 and 203 ended unchanged.

The , which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 0.58% to 26.12.

Crude oil for November delivery was up 0.29% or 0.25 to $87.52 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in December rose 0.45% or 0.42 to hit $92.87 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.13% or 2.25 to trade at $1,675.25 a troy ounce.

USD/JPY was down 0.08% to 146.79, while EUR/JPY fell 0.20% to 142.27.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.06% at 113.29.