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

At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 fell 0.71%.

The best performers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Fujitsu Ltd. (TYO: 6702 ), which rose 3.73% or 111.50 points to trade at 3,102.00 at the close. Meanwhile, T&D Holdings, Inc. (TYO: 8795 ) added 2.71% or 88.00 points to end at 3,341.00 and M3 Inc (TYO: 2413 ) was up 2.55% or 43.50 points to 1,750.00 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Advantest Corp. (TYO: 6857 ), which fell 7.44% or 579.00 points to trade at 7,202.00 at the close. Fujikura Ltd. (TYO: 5803 ) declined 7.02% or 440.00 points to end at 5,831.00 and Mazda Motor Corp (TYO: 7261 ) was down 5.99% or 65.00 points to 1,020.00.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tokyo Stock Exchange by 1951 to 1678 and 240 ended unchanged.

Shares in T&D Holdings, Inc. (TYO: 8795 ) rose to 5-year highs; up 2.71% or 88.00 to 3,341.00.

The Nikkei Volatility , which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 11.79% to 28.16 a new 3-months high.

Crude oil for May delivery was down 0.30% or 0.21 to $69.44 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in June fell 0.29% or 0.21 to hit $72.85 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 0.53% or 16.25 to trade at $3,068.55 a troy ounce.

USD/JPY was down 0.18% to 150.31, while EUR/JPY fell 0.05% to 161.85.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.12% at 104.08.