Investing.com – Japan equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Marine Transport, Manufacturing and Fishery sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 declined 1.32% to hit a new 1-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Takashimaya Co., Ltd. (TYO:8233), which rose 4.66% or 114.00 points to trade at 2,561.50 at the close. GS Yuasa Corp. (TYO:6674) added 4.37% or 135.00 points to end at 3,225.00 and DeNA Co Ltd (TYO:2432) was up 2.82% or 39.00 points to 1,423.50 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Advantest Corp. (TYO:6857), which lost 6.11% or 346.00 points to trade at 5,319.00 in late trade. Nissan Chemical Industries, Ltd. (TYO:4021) declined 4.96% or 225.00 points to end at 4,309.00 and Tokyo Electric Power Co., Inc. (TYO:9501) shed 4.40% or 40.80 points to 885.50.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1813 to 1795 and 251 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 3.28% to 16.23 a new 6-month low.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for July delivery was down 0.29% or 0.23 to $79.00 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in August fell 0.31% or 0.26 to hit $83.17 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.59% or 13.90 to trade at $2,350.20 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.48% to 156.84, while EUR/JPY fell 0.58% to 169.31.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.02% at 105.06.