Investing.com – Japan stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Banking, Finance & Investment and Insurance sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 lost 3.61%.
The best performers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Fuji Electric Co., Ltd. (T:6504), which rose 17.00% or 69.0 points to trade at 475.0 at the close. Meanwhile, Alps Electric Co., Ltd. (T:6770) added 9.94% or 180.0 points to end at 1990.0 and Mitsubishi Motors Corp. (T:7211) was up 6.66% or 28.0 points to 448.5 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Hino Motors, Ltd. (T:7205), which fell 13.23% or 165.0 points to trade at 1082.0 at the close. Nomura Holdings Inc (T:8604) declined 10.05% or 53.5 points to end at 478.9 and Fanuc Corp. (T:6954) was down 9.93% or 1820.0 points to 16505.0.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 1721 to 235 and 43 ended unchanged.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 5.75% to 27.55.
Crude oil for June delivery was down 0.46% or 0.21 to $45.12 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in July fell 0.49% or 0.23 to hit $46.70 a barrel, while the June Gold contract rose 0.50% or 6.25 to trade at $1256.65 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 2.95% to 108.16, while EUR/JPY fell 2.69% to 122.82.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.68% at 93.74.