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.

Source: Investing.com