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 declined 2.13% to hit a new 3-months low.
The best performers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Kirin Holdings Co., Ltd. (T:2503), which rose 1.91% or 40.5 points to trade at 2159.0 at the close. Meanwhile, Familymart Ltd (T:8028) added 1.13% or 27.0 points to end at 2422.0 and Olympus Corp. (T:7733) was up 0.77% or 15.5 points to 2020.0 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Shinsei Bank, Ltd. (T:8303), which fell 7.35% or 119.0 points to trade at 1500.0 at the close. SUMCO Corp. (T:3436) declined 7.01% or 128.0 points to end at 1698.0 and The Chiba Bank, Ltd. (T:8331) was down 6.57% or 39.0 points to 555.0.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 3522 to 215 and 62 ended unchanged.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0.00% to 27.65 a new 52-week high.
Crude oil for April delivery was down 1.17% or 0.57 to $48.16 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in May fell 1.21% or 0.64 to hit $52.17 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 0.19% or 3.05 to trade at $1646.15 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.21% to 110.19, while EUR/JPY rose 0.10% to 120.25.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.08% at 98.855.