Investing.com – Japan equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Glass, Insurance and Communication sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 fell 0.34%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Ltd. (TYO:7012), which rose 14.27% or 700.00 points to trade at 5,607.00 at the close. Yamaha Corp. (TYO:7951) added 9.29% or 308.00 points to end at 3,624.00 and IHI Corp. (TYO:7013) was up 8.20% or 312.00 points to 4,119.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Yamato Holdings Co., Ltd. (TYO:9064), which lost 11.86% or 239.00 points to trade at 1,777.00 in late trade. Taiyo Yuden Co., Ltd. (TYO:6976) declined 8.84% or 322.00 points to end at 3,321.00 and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (TYO:7011) shed 6.44% or 85.50 points to 1,242.00.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 2070 to 1538 and 248 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 8.07% to 20.75 a new 1-month low.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for June delivery was up 0.46% or 0.36 to $79.35 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in July rose 0.32% or 0.27 to hit $83.85 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 0.04% or 0.90 to trade at $2,323.20 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.14% to 155.70, while EUR/JPY rose 0.04% to 167.25.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.06% at 105.49.