Investing.com – Japan stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Marine Transport, Railway & Bus and Transport sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 lost 0.01%.
The best performers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Meidensha Corp. (T:6508), which rose 5.07% or 19.0 points to trade at 394.0 at the close. Meanwhile, Toshiba Corp. (T:6502) added 5.07% or 10.6 points to end at 219.8 and Advantest Corp. (T:6857) was up 4.52% or 87.0 points to 2013.0 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Showa Denko K.K. (T:4004), which fell 2.95% or 52.0 points to trade at 1712.0 at the close. Hitachi Construction Machinery Co (T:6305) declined 2.54% or 66.0 points to end at 2531.0 and JX Holdings, Inc. (T:5020) was down 2.38% or 11.7 points to 479.6.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 1737 to 1238 and 363 ended unchanged.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 1.96% to 20.49.
Crude oil for June delivery was up 0.63% or 0.32 to $51.17 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in June rose 0.76% or 0.40 to hit $53.33 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 0.15% or 1.90 to trade at $1281.50 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.11% to 108.98, while EUR/JPY rose 0.61% to 117.31.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.35% at 99.36.