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 1.72% to hit a new 1-month low.
The best performers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were CyberAgent Inc (T:4751), which rose 15.83% or 580.0 points to trade at 4245.0 at the close. Meanwhile, Unitika, Ltd. (T:3103) added 15.59% or 53.0 points to end at 393.0 and Omron Cor (T:6645) was up 1.29% or 80.0 points to 6290.0 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Dainippon Screen Mfg. Co., Ltd. (T:7735), which fell 19.26% or 1500.0 points to trade at 6290.0 at the close. Advantest Corp. (T:6857) declined 6.44% or 390.0 points to end at 5670.0 and IHI Corp. (T:7013) was down 5.59% or 155.0 points to 2617.0.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 3212 to 485 and 99 ended unchanged.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0.00% to 14.88.
Crude oil for March delivery was down 1.48% or 0.79 to $52.54 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in April fell 1.46% or 0.86 to hit $58.05 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.69% or 10.85 to trade at $1581.25 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.14% to 108.83, while EUR/JPY fell 0.11% to 119.86.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.06% at 97.880.