Investing.com – Japan stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Railway & Bus, Gas & Water and Marine Transport sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 fell 0.09%.
The best performers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Nikon Corp. (T:7731), which rose 6.71% or 115.0 points to trade at 1828.0 at the close. Meanwhile, Advantest Corp. (T:6857) added 6.15% or 133.0 points to end at 2295.0 and Dainippon Screen Mfg. Co., Ltd. (T:7735) was up 5.94% or 295.0 points to 5260.0 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Takara Holdings Inc. (T:2531), which fell 4.25% or 60.0 points to trade at 1351.0 at the close. Fast Retailing Co., Ltd. (T:9983) declined 3.10% or 1590.0 points to end at 49640.0 and Kikkoman Corp. (T:2801) was down 2.91% or 170.0 points to 5670.0.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 2339 to 1130 and 215 ended unchanged.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 1.12% to 20.85.
Crude oil for March delivery was down 0.72% or 0.38 to $52.24 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in March fell 0.82% or 0.50 to hit $60.64 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract fell 0.40% or 5.15 to trade at $1278.85 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.05% to 109.64, while EUR/JPY fell 0.06% to 124.64.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.17% at 95.933.