Investing.com – Japan stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic, Insurance and Finance & Investment sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 declined 1.32%.
The best performers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Isetan Mitsukoshi Holdings Ltd. (T:3099), which rose 2.22% or 24.0 points to trade at 1104.0 at the close. Meanwhile, DeNA Co Ltd (T:2432) added 2.13% or 56.0 points to end at 2686.0 and Yamato Holdings Co., Ltd. (T:9064) was up 1.99% or 46.5 points to 2382.0 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were The Chiba Bank, Ltd. (T:8331), which fell 4.79% or 37.0 points to trade at 735.0 at the close. The Dai-ichi Life Insurance Co. (T:8750) declined 4.77% or 88.5 points to end at 1768.3 and Olympus Corp. (T:7733) was down 4.61% or 200.0 points to 4140.0.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 2516 to 636 and 221 ended unchanged.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 8.31% to 16.16.
Crude oil for June delivery was down 0.33% or 0.16 to $48.91 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in July fell 0.31% or 0.16 to hit $52.05 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 0.16% or 1.97 to trade at $1256.73 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.13% to 110.97, while EUR/JPY fell 0.08% to 123.58.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.16% at 97.50.