Investing.com – Japan equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Gas & Water, Transportation Equipment and Power sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 lost 0.84%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Suzuki Motor Corp. (T:7269), which rose 3.11% or 156.0 points to trade at 5172.0 at the close. Denso Corp. (T:6902) added 2.28% or 112.0 points to end at 5026.0 and Rakuten Inc (T:4755) was up 1.87% or 22.0 points to 1196.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Chiyoda Corp. (T:6366), which lost 6.83% or 25.0 points to trade at 341.0 in late trade. Toho Zinc Co., Ltd. (T:5707) declined 4.64% or 150.0 points to end at 3085.0 and Sumitomo Dainippon Pharma Co Ltd (T:4506) shed 4.61% or 115.0 points to 2380.0.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 2930 to 620 and 173 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 5.73% to 14.82 a new 6-month low.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for May delivery was down 0.27% or 0.17 to $63.59 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in June fell 0.36% or 0.26 to hit $71.36 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 0.04% or 0.55 to trade at $1276.25 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.13% to 111.91, while EUR/JPY fell 0.38% to 126.06.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.21% at 96.865.