Investing.com – Japan stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic, Shipbuilding and Finance & Investment sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 declined 1.61%.
The best performers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Nippon Suisan Kaisha, Ltd. (T:1332), which rose 3.41% or 28.0 points to trade at 849.0 at the close. Meanwhile, Fukuoka Financial Group, Inc. (T:8354) added 0.86% or 21.0 points to end at 2473.0 and Advantest Corp. (T:6857) was up 0.72% or 18.0 points to 2522.0 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding (T:7003), which fell 7.88% or 90.0 points to trade at 1052.0 at the close. Matsui Securities Co., Ltd. (T:8628) declined 4.85% or 53.0 points to end at 1039.0 and Takara Holdings Inc. (T:2531) was down 4.56% or 61.0 points to 1276.0.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 2870 to 693 and 134 ended unchanged.
Shares in Nippon Suisan Kaisha, Ltd. (T:1332) rose to 5-year highs; rising 3.41% or 28.0 to 849.0.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 4.18% to 17.20.
Crude oil for May delivery was down 0.74% or 0.44 to $58.97 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in June fell 0.59% or 0.40 to hit $66.84 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 0.26% or 3.45 to trade at $1313.45 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.33% to 110.14, while EUR/JPY fell 0.27% to 123.89.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.25% at 96.523.