Investing.com – Japan equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Warehousing, Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic and Automobiles & Parts sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 lost 0.80%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Familymart Ltd (T:8028), which rose 2.38% or 300.0 points to trade at 12920.0 at the close. Oji Holdings Corp. (T:3861) added 2.06% or 16.0 points to end at 794.0 and Tokyo Dome Corp. (T:9681) was up 2.04% or 20.0 points to 998.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Yaskawa Electric Corp. (T:6506), which lost 7.84% or 265.0 points to trade at 3115.0 in late trade. Showa Shell Sekiyu K.K. (T:5002) declined 5.40% or 129.0 points to end at 2261.0 and Okuma Corp. (T:6103) shed 5.19% or 320.0 points to 5840.0.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 2093 to 1380 and 212 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 13.69% to 20.99.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for November delivery was down 0.36% or 0.25 to $69.50 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in December fell 0.45% or 0.36 to hit $79.69 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.15% or 1.90 to trade at $1225.50 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.08% to 112.58, while EUR/JPY rose 0.02% to 129.61.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.04% at 95.31.