Investing.com – Japan equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Rubber, Warehousing and Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 declined 0.84%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Lasertec Corp (TYO:6920), which rose 22.55% or 5,000.00 points to trade at 27,170.00 at the close. Isuzu Motors, Ltd. (TYO:7202) added 8.88% or 164.00 points to end at 2,011.50 and Nitori Holdings Co Ltd (TYO:9843) was up 8.14% or 1,500.00 points to 19,920.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included SUMCO Corp. (TYO:3436), which lost 15.82% or 317.00 points to trade at 1,687.00 in late trade. Shiseido Co., Ltd. (TYO:4911) declined 15.52% or 700.00 points to end at 3,810.00 and Taiyo Yuden Co., Ltd. (TYO:6976) shed 10.31% or 410.00 points to 3,566.00.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1863 to 1853 and 161 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 12.05% to 45.02.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for September delivery was down 0.01% or 0.01 to $75.22 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in October fell 0.17% or 0.13 to hit $78.20 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.25% or 6.00 to trade at $2,438.40 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.26% to 146.30, while EUR/JPY fell 0.14% to 159.97.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.15% at 102.85.