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

The Japanese lost 0.96% at the Tokyo close.

These were the best performers of the session Pacific Metals Co., Ltd. T:, which rose by 6.64% to 147.0 points and traded at 236.0 at the close. Meanwhile, Toho Zinc Co., Ltd. (T:), an additional 5.88% (or 143.0) points, to bring the total up to 2577.0 Sumitomo Metal Mining Co., Ltd. In late trade, (T:), was up 5.76%, or 275.0 points, to 5048.0

They were also the session’s worst performers Yaskawa Electric Corp. T:, which dropped 6.29% (or 350.0 points) to trade at 5210.0 by the close. Aeon Co., Ltd. (T:), fell 5.70% or 150.0 point to reach 2480.5 Toho Co., Ltd. The (T:), was down 5.0%, or 265.0 point to 4555.0.

On the Tokyo Stock Exchange, falling stocks outnumbered those in progress by 2503-1038. 224 was left unchanged.

Aeon Co., Ltd.’s shares dropped to 52 week lows. They fell 5.70%, 150.0 to 2480.5, and then rebounded to 52-week highs.

The was unchanged from 0% to 21,30.

The February delivery of crude oil fell 0.39 or 0.47% to $82.25 per barrel. Brent oil, which was due for delivery on March 26, fell 0.41 percent to $84.26/barrel. Meanwhile, the February Gold Futures contract lost 0.022%, or 0.45 to trade around $1826.85 per troy ounce.

USD/JPY fell 0.14% at 114.47 while EUR/JPY rose 0.04 to 131.21.

US Dollar Index Futures were down 0.9% at 94.820