Investing.com – Japan equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Warehousing, Railway & Bus and Pharmaceutical Industry sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 declined 0.44%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Nikon Corp. (T:7731), which rose 4.76% or 84.0 points to trade at 1849.0 at the close. Kajima Corp. (T:1812) added 3.91% or 37.0 points to end at 983.0 and Shimizu Corp. (T:1803) was up 2.53% or 30.0 points to 1216.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Toyo Seikan Group Holdings, Ltd. (T:5901), which lost 3.02% or 57.0 points to trade at 1828.0 in late trade. Okuma Corp. (T:6103) declined 2.82% or 31.0 points to end at 1067.0 and Pioneer Corp. (T:6773) shed 2.70% or 6.0 points to 216.0.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1618 to 1514 and 327 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 3.31% to 15.49.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for August delivery was up 1.57% or 0.71 to $45.84 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in September rose 1.46% or 0.70 to hit $48.49 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 0.15% or 1.85 to trade at $1223.55 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.04% to 113.32, while EUR/JPY fell 0.02% to 128.58.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.03% at 96.00.