Investing.com – Japan equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Shipbuilding, Transportation Equipment and Marine Transport sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 fell 0.93% to hit a new 1-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Yahoo Japan Corp. (T:4689), which rose 9.22% or 28.5 points to trade at 337.5 at the close. Sumitomo Corp. (T:8053) added 3.40% or 51.5 points to end at 1568.0 and Furukawa Co., Ltd. (T:5715) was up 3.21% or 42.0 points to 1349.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Chiyoda Corp. (T:6366), which lost 7.69% or 23.0 points to trade at 276.0 in late trade. IHI Corp. (T:7013) declined 6.82% or 173.0 points to end at 2364.0 and Rakuten Inc (T:4755) shed 6.66% or 80.0 points to 1121.0.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 2917 to 642 and 155 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 5.67% to 16.76.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for June delivery was down 1.08% or 0.67 to $61.45 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in July fell 0.97% or 0.68 to hit $69.69 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 0.26% or 3.35 to trade at $1284.75 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.34% to 109.72, while EUR/JPY fell 0.28% to 122.86.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.06% at 97.330.