Investing.com – Japan stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Mining, Insurance and Food sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 declined 2.51%.
The best performers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Pioneer Corp. (TOKYO:6773), which rose 4.03% or 10.0 points to trade at 258.0 at the close. Meanwhile, Tokyo Electric Power Co., Inc. (TOKYO:9501) added 4.03% or 32.0 points to end at 827.0 and Dainippon Screen Mfg. Co., Ltd. (TOKYO:7735) was up 3.39% or 21.0 points to 640.0 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Konami Corp. (TOKYO:9766), which fell 8.10% or 229.0 points to trade at 2597.0 at the close. Suzuki Motor Corp. (TOKYO:7269) declined 6.14% or 250.5 points to end at 3832.5 and Kikkoman Corp. (TOKYO:2801) was down 6.00% or 210.0 points to 3290.0.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 1348 to 527.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 9.52% to 36.01.
Crude oil for October delivery was down 0.23% or 0.10 to $44.05 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in October fell 0.61% or 0.29 to hit $47.29 a barrel, while the December Gold contract rose 0.34% or 3.70 to trade at $1105.70 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.14% to 120.69, while EUR/JPY rose 0.26% to 135.37.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.02% at 95.94.