Japan stocks lower at close of trade; Nikkei 225 down 0.10%

Investing.com – Japan stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the , and sectors led shares lower.

At the close in Tokyo, the fell 0.10%.

The best performers of the session on the were Kansai Electric Power Co Inc (TYO:), which rose 4.98% or 119.00 points to trade at 2,510.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Sumitomo Corp. (TYO:) added 4.37% or 180.00 points to end at 4,300.00 and J.Front Retailing Co., Ltd. (TYO:) was up 3.68% or 50.50 points to 1,422.50 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Sumitomo Dainippon Pharma Co Ltd (TYO:), which fell 6.75% or 27.00 points to trade at 373.00 at the close. CyberAgent Inc (TYO:) declined 4.09% or 40.20 points to end at 942.20 and Mazda Motor Corp (TYO:) was down 3.24% or 58.00 points to 1,730.00.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 1929 to 1626 and 298 ended unchanged.

Shares in Kansai Electric Power Co Inc (TYO:) rose to 5-year highs; rising 4.98% or 119.00 to 2,510.00. Shares in Sumitomo Corp. (TYO:) rose to all time highs; gaining 4.37% or 180.00 to 4,300.00.

The , which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 0.93% to 20.66.

Crude oil for June delivery was up 0.67% or 0.53 to $79.53 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in July rose 0.71% or 0.59 to hit $84.03 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 0.64% or 14.90 to trade at $2,325.90 a troy ounce.

USD/JPY was up 0.56% to 155.34, while EUR/JPY rose 0.62% to 166.57.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.11% at 105.51.