Investing.com – Japan stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic, Shipbuilding and Rubber sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 declined 0.65%.
The best performers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Maruha Nichiro Corp (T:1333), which rose 2.14% or 80.0 points to trade at 3820.0 at the close. Meanwhile, Sumitomo Realty & Development Co. (T:8830) added 1.90% or 81.0 points to end at 4346.0 and Nippon Suisan Kaisha, Ltd. (T:1332) was up 1.81% or 14.0 points to 789.0 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were SUMCO Corp. (T:3436), which fell 6.16% or 86.0 points to trade at 1309.0 at the close. Taiyo Yuden Co., Ltd. (T:6976) declined 5.70% or 136.0 points to end at 2248.0 and NTN Corp. (T:6472) was down 5.13% or 18.0 points to 333.0.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 2576 to 936 and 170 ended unchanged.
Shares in Nippon Suisan Kaisha, Ltd. (T:1332) rose to 5-year highs; rising 1.81% or 14.0 to 789.0.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 1.15% to 16.73.
Crude oil for April delivery was up 0.14% or 0.08 to $56.30 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in May rose 0.39% or 0.26 to hit $66.25 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 0.13% or 1.65 to trade at $1285.95 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.00% to 111.75, while EUR/JPY rose 0.04% to 126.39.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.02% at 96.817.