Investing.com – Japan equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Gas & Water, Precision Instruments and Transport sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 fell 0.32%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Fujitsu Ltd. (T:6702), which rose 7.83% or 43.5 points to trade at 599.4 at the close. IHI Corp. (T:7013) added 4.13% or 11.0 points to end at 277.5 and Mitsubishi Estate Co., Ltd. (T:8802) was up 2.55% or 52.0 points to 2092.5 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Pioneer Corp. (T:6773), which lost 4.67% or 12.0 points to trade at 245.0 in late trade. Canon Inc. (T:7751) declined 3.00% or 91.5 points to end at 2961.5 and Nisshin Seifun Group Inc. (T:2002) shed 2.86% or 46.0 points to 1562.0.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1450 to 1449 and 373 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 1.70% to 18.51.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for December delivery was up 0.33% or 0.16 to $49.34 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in December rose 0.42% or 0.21 to hit $50.19 a barrel, while the December Gold contract rose 0.21% or 2.60 to trade at $1269.20 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.16% to 104.64, while EUR/JPY rose 0.11% to 114.09.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.10% at 98.69.