Investing.com – Japan stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the , and sectors led shares lower.

The Tokyo close saw the currency drop 0.65%, to a 1-month high.

They were the top performers at the session Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd. T:, which rose 11.3% or 555.0 points at close to trade at 5440.0 Meanwhile, Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. (T:), an additional 7.58%, or 510.0 points, to reach 7240.0 Nippon Yusen K.K T: was at 7990.0, up 5.27% (or 400.0 points) in late trade.

These were the worst performers of the session. Mitsubishi Chemical Holdings Corp (T:) fell 8.8%, or 73.8 point to trade at 8228.5 at the closing. Softbank Group Corp.’s (T:), fell 5.10%, or 301.0 points, to close at 5599.0 Yokogawa Electric Corp. T: was down by 4.08%, or 88.0 points, to 2067.0.

The Tokyo Stock Exchange saw falling stocks surpass advancing stock by 2599, 989 and 186 respectively.

Softbank Group Corp.’s shares fell 52 weeks ago to their lowest point; they lost 5.10%, 301.0 and 5599.0 respectively.

The was unchanged from 0% to 24,94, which is the measure of implied volatility for Nikkei options 225.

Crude oil rose 1.39%, or 0.91, to $66.48/barrel for January delivery. Brent oil, which is available for delivery in February, rose by 0.97 percent to reach $69.84 a barrel. Meanwhile, the February Gold Futures contract lost 0.41% (or 7.30) to trade at $1777.00 per troy ounce.

USD/JPY improved by 0.38%, to 113.18. EUR/JPY climbed 0.40% to 128.13.

US Dollar Index Futures were up 0.2% at 96.040.