Investing.com – Japan equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Banking, Finance & Investment and Insurance sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 declined 3.61%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Fuji Electric Co., Ltd. (T:6504), which rose 17.00% or 69.0 points to trade at 475.0 at the close. Alps Electric Co., Ltd. (T:6770) added 9.94% or 180.0 points to end at 1990.0 and Mitsubishi Motors Corp. (T:7211) was up 6.66% or 28.0 points to 448.5 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Hino Motors, Ltd. (T:7205), which lost 13.23% or 165.0 points to trade at 1082.0 in late trade. Nomura Holdings Inc (T:8604) declined 10.05% or 53.5 points to end at 478.9 and Fanuc Corp. (T:6954) shed 9.93% or 1820.0 points to 16505.0.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1721 to 235 and 43 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 5.75% to 27.55.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for June delivery was down 0.46% or 0.21 to $45.12 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in July fell 0.51% or 0.24 to hit $46.69 a barrel, while the June Gold contract rose 0.50% or 6.25 to trade at $1256.65 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 2.98% to 108.13, while EUR/JPY fell 2.70% to 122.81.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.69% at 93.73.