Investing.com – Japan equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Automobiles & Parts, Fishery and Power sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 lost 0.27%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Unitika, Ltd. (TYO:3103), which rose 4.57% or 10.00 points to trade at 229.00 at the close. Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd. (TYO:9107) added 4.17% or 410.00 points to end at 10,240.00 and Keio Corp. (TYO:9008) was up 4.06% or 165.00 points to 4,230.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included DeNA Co Ltd (TYO:2432), which lost 8.56% or 170.00 points to trade at 1,816.00 in late trade. Mitsubishi Electric Corp (TYO:6503) declined 4.15% or 59.00 points to end at 1,363.50 and Advantest Corp. (TYO:6857) shed 3.63% or 310.00 points to 8,220.00.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 2065 to 1425 and 276 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 3.29% to 23.50.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for July delivery was up 0.63% or 0.70 to $111.03 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in August rose 0.40% or 0.44 to hit $111.56 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 0.12% or 2.21 to trade at $1,848.51 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.37% to 126.85, while EUR/JPY fell 0.29% to 135.57.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.04% at 102.04.