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 declined 0.37%.
The best performers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Rakuten Inc (TYO:4755), which rose 3.23% or 25.30 points to trade at 808.50 at the close. Meanwhile, Hoya Cor (TYO:7741) added 3.22% or 555.00 points to end at 17,780.00 and Resonac Holdings Corp (TYO:4004) was up 2.46% or 84.00 points to 3,498.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Nikon Corp. (TYO:7731), which fell 5.27% or 80.00 points to trade at 1,437.00 at the close. Omron Cor (TYO:6645) declined 5.17% or 209.00 points to end at 3,831.00 and Tokyo Electric Power Co., Inc. (TYO:9501) was down 5.07% or 27.70 points to 519.00.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 2016 to 1544 and 281 ended unchanged.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 7.52% to 23.60.
Crude oil for August delivery was down 0.07% or 0.05 to $68.33 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in September unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 to hit $70.19 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 0.44% or 14.65 to trade at $3,335.65 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.12% to 146.17, while EUR/JPY rose 0.03% to 171.53.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.15% at 97.05.
Source: Investing.com
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