Investing.com – Japan equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Mining, Insurance and Food sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 declined 2.51%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Pioneer Corp. (TOKYO:6773), which rose 4.03% or 10.0 points to trade at 258.0 at the close. Tokyo Electric Power Co., Inc. (TOKYO:9501) added 4.03% or 32.0 points to end at 827.0 and Dainippon Screen Mfg. Co., Ltd. (TOKYO:7735) was up 3.39% or 21.0 points to 640.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Konami Corp. (TOKYO:9766), which lost 8.10% or 229.0 points to trade at 2597.0 in late trade. Suzuki Motor Corp. (TOKYO:7269) declined 6.14% or 250.5 points to end at 3832.5 and Kikkoman Corp. (TOKYO:2801) shed 6.00% or 210.0 points to 3290.0.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1348 to 527 on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 9.52% to 36.01.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for October delivery was down 0.27% or 0.12 to $44.03 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in October fell 0.62% or 0.29 to hit $47.28 a barrel, while the December Gold contract rose 0.33% or 3.60 to trade at $1105.60 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.14% to 120.69, while EUR/JPY rose 0.26% to 135.37.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.02% at 95.94.