Investing.com – Japan stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Construction, Finance & Investment and Gas & Water sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 lost 1.18%.
The best performers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Otsuka Holdings Ltd (T:4578), which rose 5.25% or 262.0 points to trade at 5251.0 at the close. Meanwhile, Nippon Telegraph & Telephone Corp (T:9432) added 2.55% or 121.0 points to end at 4875.0 and Sony Financial Holdings Inc. (T:8729) was up 1.78% or 35.0 points to 2001.0 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Nisshin Steel Holdings Co., Ltd. (T:5413), which fell 5.17% or 80.0 points to trade at 1468.0 at the close. Kajima Corp. (T:1812) declined 3.97% or 41.0 points to end at 992.0 and Ricoh Co., Ltd. (T:7752) was down 3.92% or 47.0 points to 1151.0.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 2359 to 1012 and 180 ended unchanged.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 3.69% to 22.96.
Crude oil for April delivery was down 0.88% or 0.54 to $61.14 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in April fell 0.73% or 0.48 to hit $64.94 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 0.59% or 7.80 to trade at $1324.30 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.29% to 107.46, while EUR/JPY fell 0.38% to 131.89.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.04% at 90.07.