Investing.com – Japan equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Railway & Bus, Gas & Water and Marine Transport sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 lost 0.09%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Nikon Corp. (T:7731), which rose 6.71% or 115.0 points to trade at 1828.0 at the close. Advantest Corp. (T:6857) added 6.15% or 133.0 points to end at 2295.0 and Dainippon Screen Mfg. Co., Ltd. (T:7735) was up 5.94% or 295.0 points to 5260.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Takara Holdings Inc. (T:2531), which lost 4.25% or 60.0 points to trade at 1351.0 in late trade. Fast Retailing Co., Ltd. (T:9983) declined 3.10% or 1590.0 points to end at 49640.0 and Kikkoman Corp. (T:2801) shed 2.91% or 170.0 points to 5670.0.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 2339 to 1130 and 215 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 1.12% to 20.85.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for March delivery was down 0.76% or 0.40 to $52.22 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in March fell 0.83% or 0.51 to hit $60.63 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract fell 0.42% or 5.45 to trade at $1278.55 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.05% to 109.64, while EUR/JPY fell 0.12% to 124.56.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.19% at 95.955.