Japan stocks lower at close of trade; Nikkei 225 down 2.22%

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 lost 2.22%.

The best performers of the session on the were Kansai Electric Power Co Inc (TYO:), which rose 1.56% or 30.50 points to trade at 1,979.50 at the close. Meanwhile, Chubu Electric Power Co., Inc. (TYO:) added 1.43% or 25.50 points to end at 1,805.00 and Tokyo Electric Power Co., Inc. (TYO:) was up 1.24% or 7.80 points to 638.50 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Advantest Corp. (TYO:), which fell 6.87% or 294.00 points to trade at 3,984.00 at the close. Dainippon Screen Mfg. Co., Ltd. (TYO:) declined 5.61% or 420.00 points to end at 7,068.00 and Tokyo Electron Ltd. (TYO:) was down 5.03% or 1,025.00 points to 19,340.00.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 2890 to 766 and 214 ended unchanged.

The , which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 1.95% to 22.11.

Crude oil for December delivery was down 0.82% or 0.70 to $84.69 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in December fell 0.67% or 0.60 to hit $89.53 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.31% or 6.25 to trade at $2,001.15 a troy ounce.

USD/JPY was up 0.13% to 150.40, while EUR/JPY fell 0.08% to 158.63.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.20% at 106.57.