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

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 0.35%.

The best performers of the session on the were Recruit Holdings Co Ltd (TYO:), which rose 9.39% or 439.00 points to trade at 5,114.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Fujikura Ltd. (TYO:) added 4.62% or 50.50 points to end at 1,142.50 and Nippon Sheet Glass Co., Ltd. (TYO:) was up 4.49% or 28.00 points to 652.00 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Sapporo Holdings Ltd. (TYO:), which fell 4.37% or 259.00 points to trade at 5,666.00 at the close. Yokogawa Electric Corp. (TYO:) declined 3.74% or 112.50 points to end at 2,897.50 and Citizen Holdings Co., Ltd. (TYO:) was down 3.53% or 32.00 points to 874.00.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 2369 to 1242 and 257 ended unchanged.

The , which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 0.75% to 18.57 a new 1-month low.

Crude oil for December delivery was down 0.68% or 0.52 to $76.14 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in January fell 0.62% or 0.50 to hit $80.68 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.13% or 2.65 to trade at $1,966.95 a troy ounce.

USD/JPY was down 0.00% to 151.35, while EUR/JPY fell 0.11% to 164.03.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.10% at 104.37.