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

Tokyo closed at 1.69%.

They were the top performers at the session Astellas Pharma Inc. T:, which rose by 5.80% (110.00 points) to close at 2,008.00. Meanwhile, Daiichi Sankyo Co., Ltd. T: added 2.87%, or 79.00 points, to bring the total up to 2,832.00 Kyowa Hakko Kirin Co., Ltd. Late trade saw a 2.87% increase in T: or 80.00 point to 2,863.00

These were the worst performers of the session. Tokyo Electron Ltd. T:, which dropped 5.45% or 3180.00 points to trade at 55.190.00 at close. Advantest Corp. The (T:), fell 5.44% to 500.00 points, ending at 8,690.00 Nippon Sheet Glass Co. Ltd. T: was at 382.00, down 4.98% (or 20.00 points)

On the Tokyo Stock Exchange, falling stocks outnumbered those in progress by 3121-483. 158 was left unchanged.

The implied volatility index of Nikkei’s 225 options was 8.71% higher than 19.97.

Crude oil rose by 1.15% to $97.34/barrel for May delivery. Brent oil rose 1.21 percent to $102.28 per barrel in commodities trading. The June Gold Futures contract traded at $1.926.15 an ounce.

USD/JPY remained unchanged at 0.00%, at 123.79; EUR/JPY rose by 0.04%, to 134.90.

At 99.61, the US Dollar Index Futures were unchanged at 0.00%.