Investing.com – Japan equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Railway & Bus, Marine Transport and Transport sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 declined 0.62%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Maruha Nichiro Corp (T:1333), which rose 3.82% or 130.0 points to trade at 3535.0 at the close. Asahi Group Holdings, Ltd. (T:2502) added 2.62% or 127.0 points to end at 4980.0 and Kirin Holdings Co., Ltd. (T:2503) was up 2.51% or 57.0 points to 2330.5 in late trade.
Biggest losers included TDK Corp (T:6762), which lost 6.52% or 520.0 points to trade at 7450.0 in late trade. Dainippon Screen Mfg. Co., Ltd. (T:7735) declined 5.68% or 245.0 points to end at 4065.0 and Softbank Group Corp. (T:9984) shed 5.35% or 570.0 points to 10085.0.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 2164 to 1313 and 236 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 1.05% to 18.37.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for July delivery was down 0.70% or 0.43 to $60.99 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in July fell 0.82% or 0.58 to hit $70.41 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 0.01% or 0.15 to trade at $1274.35 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.12% to 110.20, while EUR/JPY fell 0.22% to 122.78.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.19% at 98.067.