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 lost 1.04% to hit a new 3-years low.
The best performers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were J.Front Retailing Co., Ltd. (T:3086), which rose 15.91% or 127.0 points to trade at 925.0 at the close. Meanwhile, Concordia Financial Group Ltd (T:7186) added 13.62% or 38.0 points to end at 317.0 and Unitika, Ltd. (T:3103) was up 13.28% or 32.0 points to 273.0 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding (T:7003), which fell 17.51% or 80.0 points to trade at 377.0 at the close. Softbank Group Corp. (T:9984) declined 17.22% or 559.0 points to end at 2687.0 and Suzuki Motor Corp. (T:7269) was down 13.97% or 400.5 points to 2465.5.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 2168 to 1525 and 104 ended unchanged.
Shares in Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding (T:7003) fell to all time lows; losing 17.51% or 80.0 to 377.0. Shares in Softbank Group Corp. (T:9984) fell to 5-year lows; down 17.22% or 559.0 to 2687.0. Shares in Suzuki Motor Corp. (T:7269) fell to 5-year lows; falling 13.97% or 400.5 to 2465.5.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0.00% to 56.12.
Crude oil for May delivery was up 11.04% or 2.30 to $23.13 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in May rose 5.10% or 1.27 to hit $26.15 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 0.46% or 6.75 to trade at $1484.65 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 1.04% to 109.19, while EUR/JPY rose 0.72% to 118.78.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.28% at 101.825.