Investing.com – Japan stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Shipbuilding, Transportation Equipment and Marine Transport sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 declined 0.93% to hit a new 1-month low.
The best performers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Yahoo Japan Corp. (T:4689), which rose 9.22% or 28.5 points to trade at 337.5 at the close. Meanwhile, Sumitomo Corp. (T:8053) added 3.40% or 51.5 points to end at 1568.0 and Furukawa Co., Ltd. (T:5715) was up 3.21% or 42.0 points to 1349.0 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Chiyoda Corp. (T:6366), which fell 7.69% or 23.0 points to trade at 276.0 at the close. IHI Corp. (T:7013) declined 6.82% or 173.0 points to end at 2364.0 and Rakuten Inc (T:4755) was down 6.66% or 80.0 points to 1121.0.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 2917 to 642 and 155 ended unchanged.
Shares in IHI Corp. (T:7013) fell to 3-years lows; down 6.82% or 173.0 to 2364.0.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 5.67% to 16.76.
Crude oil for June delivery was down 1.08% or 0.67 to $61.45 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in July fell 0.97% or 0.68 to hit $69.69 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 0.26% or 3.35 to trade at $1284.75 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.34% to 109.72, while EUR/JPY fell 0.27% to 122.88.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.06% at 97.330.