Investing.com – Japan stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Fishery, Power and Transport sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 lost 0.22%.
The best performers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Takara Holdings Inc. (T:2531), which rose 3.76% or 32.0 points to trade at 882.0 at the close. Meanwhile, Sharp Corp. (T:6753) added 2.99% or 4.0 points to end at 138.0 and Advantest Corp. (T:6857) was up 2.54% or 28.0 points to 1132.0 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Toshiba Corp. (T:6502), which fell 7.97% or 16.6 points to trade at 191.8 at the close. Okuma Corp. (T:6103) declined 4.23% or 35.0 points to end at 792.0 and Tobu Railway Co., Ltd. (T:9001) was down 2.62% or 15.0 points to 557.0.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 884 to 852 and 154 ended unchanged.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 2.86% to 23.77 a new 1-month low.
Crude oil for April delivery was up 1.40% or 0.54 to $39.00 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in May rose 0.62% or 0.25 to hit $40.58 a barrel, while the April Gold contract rose 2.46% or 30.20 to trade at $1260.00 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.40% to 112.11, while EUR/JPY fell 0.35% to 125.92.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.08% at 95.62.