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

At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 fell 0.80%.

The best performers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. (TYO: 7201 ), which rose 6.51% or 27.20 points to trade at 444.80 at the close. Meanwhile, IHI Corp. (TYO: 7013 ) added 4.93% or 404.00 points to end at 8,604.00 and Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Ltd. (TYO: 7012 ) was up 3.24% or 206.00 points to 6,570.00 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Rakuten Inc (TYO: 4755 ), which fell 7.98% or 79.50 points to trade at 917.30 at the close. Nitori Holdings Co Ltd (TYO: 9843 ) declined 5.40% or 1,065.00 points to end at 18,675.00 and SoftBank Group Corp. (TYO: 9984 ) was down 4.34% or 409.00 points to 9,025.00.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 2080 to 1537 and 259 ended unchanged.

The Nikkei Volatility , which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 1.95% to 19.57.

Crude oil for January delivery was down 1.29% or 0.91 to $69.67 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in February fell 0.42% or 0.31 to hit $73.08 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract fell 1.06% or 28.21 to trade at $2,625.09 a troy ounce.

USD/JPY was up 0.99% to 156.34, while EUR/JPY rose 1.39% to 162.47.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.05% at 107.81.