Investing.com – Japan equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Shipbuilding, Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic and Pharmaceutical Industry sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 fell 1.02%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Taiyo Yuden Co., Ltd. (T:6976), which rose 12.07% or 275.0 points to trade at 2554.0 at the close. Konami Corp. (T:9766) added 8.47% or 365.0 points to end at 4675.0 and TDK Corp (T:6762) was up 7.28% or 710.0 points to 10460.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding (T:7003), which lost 21.05% or 400.0 points to trade at 1500.0 in late trade. Chiyoda Corp. (T:6366) declined 17.79% or 100.0 points to end at 462.0 and Nisshinbo Holdings Inc. (T:3105) shed 16.44% or 205.0 points to 1042.0.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1891 to 1625 and 175 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 1.39% to 26.28.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for December delivery was down 0.61% or 0.40 to $64.91 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in January fell 0.76% or 0.57 to hit $74.47 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 1.06% or 12.90 to trade at $1227.90 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.08% to 112.85, while EUR/JPY rose 0.44% to 128.36.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.53% at 96.39.