Investing.com – Japan equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Mining, Power and Precision Instruments sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 fell 0.16%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Taiyo Yuden Co., Ltd. (TYO:6976), which rose 6.04% or 320.00 points to trade at 5,620.00 at the close. Mitsubishi Motors Corp. (TYO:7211) added 3.32% or 13.00 points to end at 404.00 and Ricoh Co., Ltd. (TYO:7752) was up 2.77% or 31.00 points to 1,149.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Fujitsu Ltd. (TYO:6702), which lost 4.44% or 870.00 points to trade at 18,705.00 in late trade. Astellas Pharma Inc. (TYO:4503) declined 4.09% or 86.00 points to end at 2,017.00 and Sony Corp (TYO:6758) shed 3.19% or 395.00 points to 11,975.00.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 2100 to 1401 and 251 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 1.26% to 19.56 a new 1-month low.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for July delivery was down 1.88% or 2.17 to $113.09 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in August fell 1.77% or 2.06 to hit $114.23 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 0.31% or 5.65 to trade at $1,854.35 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.15% to 129.91, while EUR/JPY rose 0.16% to 138.75.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.20% at 102.32.