Investing.com – Japan equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Rubber, Mining and Shipbuilding sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 declined 0.02%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Nisshinbo Holdings Inc. (T:3105), which rose 4.27% or 40.0 points to trade at 976.0 at the close. Kajima Corp. (T:1812) added 4.26% or 65.0 points to end at 1590.0 and Obayashi Corp. (T:1802) was up 4.20% or 42.0 points to 1042.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Chiyoda Corp. (T:6366), which lost 8.05% or 26.0 points to trade at 297.0 in late trade. Pacific Metals Co., Ltd. (T:5541) declined 6.96% or 201.0 points to end at 2689.0 and Kuraray Co., Ltd. (T:3405) shed 5.77% or 93.0 points to 1520.0.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1748 to 1736 and 217 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 0.94% to 18.17.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for March delivery was up 1.26% or 0.68 to $54.58 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in April rose 1.52% or 0.97 to hit $64.58 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 0.44% or 5.75 to trade at $1309.35 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.09% to 111.09, while EUR/JPY rose 0.06% to 125.05.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.15% at 97.083.