Investing.com – Japan stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Marine Transport, Gas & Water and Food sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 declined 1.58%.
The best performers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Yamaha Motor Co Ltd (T:7272), which rose 1.32% or 45.0 points to trade at 3450.0 at the close. Meanwhile, Yamaha Corp. (T:7951) added 1.27% or 60.0 points to end at 4790.0 and Yahoo Japan Corp. (T:4689) was up 1.21% or 6.0 points to 503.5 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Pacific Metals Co., Ltd. (T:5541), which fell 5.26% or 175.0 points to trade at 3150.0 at the close. Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Ltd. (T:7012) declined 4.96% or 195.0 points to end at 3732.5 and Hitachi Construction Machinery Co (T:6305) was down 4.79% or 220.0 points to 4375.0.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 2818 to 607 and 137 ended unchanged.
Shares in Yamaha Corp. (T:7951) rose to all time highs; gaining 1.27% or 60.0 to 4790.0.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 5.04% to 22.09.
Crude oil for April delivery was up 0.21% or 0.13 to $61.77 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in May rose 0.25% or 0.16 to hit $64.89 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 0.21% or 2.80 to trade at $1315.10 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.11% to 106.79, while EUR/JPY rose 0.24% to 130.37.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.03% at 90.58.