Japan stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Paper&Pulp, Railway&Bus and Real Estate sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 declined 0.09%.
The best performers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Rakuten Inc (T:4755), which rose 2.36% or 22.0 points to trade at 954.0 at the close. Meanwhile, Taisei Corp. (T:1801) added 2.33% or 85.0 points to end at 3730.0 and Nippon Suisan Kaisha, Ltd. (T:1332) was up 2.21% or 13.0 points to 600.0 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Recruit Holdings Co Ltd (T:6098), which fell 4.80% or 159.0 points to trade at 3154.0 at the close. Unitika, Ltd. (T:3103) declined 3.90% or 12.0 points to end at 296.0 and DeNA Co Ltd (T:2432) was down 3.13% or 70.0 points to 2167.0.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 2038 to 1404 and 245 ended unchanged.
Shares in Unitika, Ltd. (T:3103) fell to all time lows; losing 3.90% or 12.0 to 296.0.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0.00% to 18.95.
Crude oil for October delivery was down 0.04% or 0.02 to $55.76 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in November fell 0.45% or 0.27 to hit $59.66 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.36% or 5.65 to trade at $1554.75 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.05% to 106.06, while EUR/JPY fell 0.02% to 117.52.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.05% at 98.172.
