Japan stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Paper&Pulp, Railway&Bus and Real Estate sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 lost 1.97%.
The best performers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Chiyoda Corp. (T:6366), which rose 1.32% or 4.0 points to trade at 308.0 at the close. Meanwhile, Dainippon Screen Mfg. Co., Ltd. (T:7735) added 0.79% or 40.0 points to end at 5120.0 and Sumitomo Realty&Development Co. (T:8830) was up 0.03% or 1.0 points to 3999.0 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Idemitsu Kosan Co Ltd (T:5019), which fell 5.05% or 160.0 points to trade at 3010.0 at the close. Konica Minolta, Inc. (T:4902) declined 4.96% or 54.0 points to end at 1034.0 and Toyo Seikan Group Holdings, Ltd. (T:5901) was down 4.91% or 99.0 points to 1919.0.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 3272 to 342 and 103 ended unchanged.
Shares in Toyo Seikan Group Holdings, Ltd. (T:5901) fell to 52-week lows; down 4.91% or 99.0 to 1919.0.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0.00% to 13.43.
Crude oil for August delivery was down 0.21% or 0.12 to $56.66 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in September unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 to hit $63.66 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.12% or 1.65 to trade at $1421.65 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.18% to 107.75, while EUR/JPY fell 0.05% to 121.08.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.10% at 96.757.
