Investing.com – 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 0.36%.
The best performers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Yahoo Japan Corp. (T:4689), which rose 6.02% or 34.8 points to trade at 613.1 at the close. Meanwhile, CyberAgent Inc (T:4751) added 5.75% or 350.0 points to end at 6440.0 and GS Yuasa Corp. (T:6674) was up 4.96% or 111.0 points to 2348.0 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Fujikura Ltd. (T:5803), which fell 4.81% or 20.0 points to trade at 396.0 at the close. Alps Electric Co., Ltd. (T:6770) declined 4.24% or 60.0 points to end at 1355.0 and Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding (T:7003) was down 3.94% or 15.0 points to 366.0.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 2087 to 1347 and 260 ended unchanged.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0% to 22.24.
Crude oil for January delivery was down 0.05% or 0.02 to $41.99 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in January rose 0.29% or 0.13 to hit $44.47 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.63% or 11.85 to trade at $1862.05 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.01% to 103.84, while EUR/JPY unchanged 0.00% to 123.06.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.14% at 92.438.