Japan stocks lower at close of trade; Nikkei 225 down 1.31%

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 1.31%.

The best performers of the session on the were Taisei Corp. (TYO:), which rose 2.29% or 117.00 points to trade at 5,233.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Subaru Corp (TYO:) added 2.01% or 51.50 points to end at 2,609.50 and JFE Holdings, Inc. (TYO:) was up 1.75% or 36.00 points to 2,089.00 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Advantest Corp. (TYO:), which fell 4.18% or 915.00 points to trade at 20,990.00 at the close. Terumo Corp. (TYO:) declined 3.01% or 134.00 points to end at 4,321.00 and Yaskawa Electric Corp. (TYO:) was down 2.90% or 185.00 points to 6,190.00.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 2224 to 1350 and 272 ended unchanged.

Shares in Taisei Corp. (TYO:) rose to 3-years highs; rising 2.29% or 117.00 to 5,233.00. Shares in JFE Holdings, Inc. (TYO:) rose to 3-years highs; up 1.75% or 36.00 to 2,089.00.

The , which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 2.70% to 19.82.

Crude oil for September delivery was up 0.17% or 0.13 to $75.42 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in September rose 0.19% or 0.15 to hit $79.61 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 0.14% or 2.70 to trade at $1,983.10 a troy ounce.

USD/JPY was down 0.21% to 139.38, while EUR/JPY fell 0.09% to 156.34.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.11% at 99.88.