Investing.com – Japan equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Fishery, Power and Transport sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 declined 0.22%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Takara Holdings Inc. (T:2531), which rose 3.76% or 32.0 points to trade at 882.0 at the close. Sharp Corp. (T:6753) added 2.99% or 4.0 points to end at 138.0 and Advantest Corp. (T:6857) was up 2.54% or 28.0 points to 1132.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Toshiba Corp. (T:6502), which lost 7.97% or 16.6 points to trade at 191.8 in late trade. Okuma Corp. (T:6103) declined 4.23% or 35.0 points to end at 792.0 and Tobu Railway Co., Ltd. (T:9001) shed 2.62% or 15.0 points to 557.0.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 884 to 852 and 154 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 2.86% to 23.77 a new 1-month low.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for April delivery was up 1.40% or 0.54 to $39.00 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in May rose 0.62% or 0.25 to hit $40.58 a barrel, while the April Gold contract rose 2.46% or 30.20 to trade at $1260.00 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.40% to 112.11, while EUR/JPY fell 0.35% to 125.92.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.08% at 95.62.