Investing.com – Japan stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Paper & Pulp , Transport and Communication sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 lost 0.92%.
The best performers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd. (TYO: 5801 ), which rose 11.33% or 635.00 points to trade at 6,238.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Sumitomo Electric Industries Ltd. (TYO: 5802 ) added 2.61% or 68.50 points to end at 2,693.00 and Mitsubishi Logistics Corp. (TYO: 9301 ) was up 2.33% or 25.50 points to 1,118.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Keisei Electric Railway Co., Ltd. (TYO: 9009 ), which fell 10.87% or 166.50 points to trade at 1,365.50 at the close. Kubota Corp. (TYO: 6326 ) declined 3.37% or 55.00 points to end at 1,578.50 and Advantest Corp. (TYO: 6857 ) was down 3.22% or 226.00 points to 6,784.00.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 2199 to 1398 and 263 ended unchanged.
The Nikkei Volatility , which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 2.81% to 23.53.
Crude oil for July delivery was down 1.61% or 0.99 to $60.58 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in July fell 1.59% or 1.03 to hit $63.88 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 0.40% or 13.25 to trade at $3,326.75 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.22% to 143.37, while EUR/JPY fell 0.30% to 162.30.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.09% at 99.52.