Investing.com – Japan stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Transport, Finance & Investment and Construction sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 declined 0.86%.
The best performers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Toho Zinc Co., Ltd. (T:5707), which rose 4.30% or 23.0 points to trade at 558.0 at the close. Meanwhile, Takeda Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. (T:4502) added 3.99% or 205.0 points to end at 5344.0 and Toshiba Corp. (T:6502) was up 3.92% or 8.6 points to 227.9 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Unitika, Ltd. (T:3103), which fell 6.06% or 6.0 points to trade at 93.0 at the close. Tokyo Gas Co., Ltd. (T:9531) declined 4.50% or 23.2 points to end at 492.7 and Tokyu Corp. (T:9005) was down 3.29% or 27.0 points to 794.0.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 2253 to 785 and 299 ended unchanged.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 5.75% to 16.89.
Crude oil for May delivery was up 0.24% or 0.12 to $49.63 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in June rose 0.08% or 0.04 to hit $52.58 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 0.32% or 4.00 to trade at $1249.70 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was unchanged 0.00% to 111.05, while EUR/JPY fell 0.19% to 119.30.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.19% at 99.97.