Investing.com – Japan equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Mining, Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic and Warehousing sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 declined 1.11%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were NTT Data Corp. (T:9613), which rose 3.63% or 43.0 points to trade at 1226.0 at the close. Otsuka Holdings Ltd (T:4578) added 3.29% or 174.0 points to end at 5465.0 and Chugai Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. (T:4519) was up 2.89% or 170.0 points to 6050.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Yaskawa Electric Corp. (T:6506), which lost 5.14% or 240.0 points to trade at 4430.0 in late trade. Mazda Motor Corp (T:7261) declined 5.11% or 75.5 points to end at 1400.8 and Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Ltd. (T:7012) shed 4.96% or 180.0 points to 3452.5.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 2461 to 895 and 210 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 13.86% to 16.18.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for July delivery was down 0.43% or 0.31 to $71.53 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in July fell 0.54% or 0.43 to hit $79.37 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 0.56% or 7.20 to trade at $1296.80 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.35% to 109.68, while EUR/JPY unchanged 0.00% to 128.75.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.29% at 93.64.