Japan stocks lower at close of trade; Nikkei 225 down 0.42%

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 0.42%.

The best performers of the session on the were DIC Corp (TYO:), which rose 5.42% or 138.50 points to trade at 2,694.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Unitika, Ltd. (TYO:) added 2.96% or 5.00 points to end at 174.00 and Toho Zinc Co., Ltd. (TYO:) was up 2.66% or 29.00 points to 1,119.00 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Trend Micro Inc. (TYO:), which fell 6.18% or 500.00 points to trade at 7,592.00 at the close. Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd. (TYO:) declined 3.92% or 249.00 points to end at 6,101.00 and Nippon Yusen K.K (TYO:) was down 3.46% or 157.00 points to 4,384.00.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 2562 to 1148 and 174 ended unchanged.

The , which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 0.78% to 16.90.

Crude oil for February delivery was down 0.03% or 0.02 to $74.09 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in March rose 0.03% or 0.02 to hit $79.56 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.09% or 1.80 to trade at $2,094.90 a troy ounce.

USD/JPY was down 0.45% to 141.18, while EUR/JPY fell 0.44% to 156.81.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.10% at 100.55.