Japan stocks lower at close of trade; Nikkei 225 down 1.07%

Investing.com – Japan stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Precision Instruments , Mining and Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic sectors led shares lower.

At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 lost 1.07%.

The best performers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Mitsubishi Logistics Corp. (TYO:9301 ), which rose 5.37% or 263.00 points to trade at 5,157.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Kao Corp. (TYO:4452 ) added 5.24% or 348.00 points to end at 6,989.00 and GS Yuasa Corp. (TYO:6674 ) was up 4.10% or 113.00 points to 2,870.00 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Sharp Corp (TYO:6753 ), which fell 4.91% or 47.60 points to trade at 921.50 at the close. Chugai Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. (TYO:4519 ) declined 4.58% or 318.00 points to end at 6,625.00 and Resonac Holdings Corp (TYO:4004 ) was down 3.78% or 128.00 points to 3,261.00.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 1837 to 1752 and 264 ended unchanged.

The Nikkei Volatility , which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 3.11% to 20.86 a new 1-month low.

Crude oil for October delivery was up 0.27% or 0.19 to $69.39 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in November rose 0.23% or 0.17 to hit $72.87 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.42% or 10.60 to trade at $2,536.60 a troy ounce.

USD/JPY was down 0.47% to 143.05, while EUR/JPY fell 0.47% to 158.57.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.14% at 101.16.

Source: Investing.com