Investing.com – Japan equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Rubber, Transportation Equipment and Machinery sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 lost 1.54%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Taisei Corp. (TYO:1801), which rose 1.68% or 70.00 points to trade at 4,225.00 at the close. Kajima Corp. (TYO:1812) added 1.57% or 24.00 points to end at 1,557.00 and Keio Corp. (TYO:9008) was up 1.25% or 60.00 points to 4,855.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Dainippon Screen Mfg. Co., Ltd. (TYO:7735), which lost 5.37% or 520.00 points to trade at 9,170.00 in late trade. Taiyo Yuden Co., Ltd. (TYO:6976) declined 4.65% or 225.00 points to end at 4,610.00 and IHI Corp. (TYO:7013) shed 4.35% or 165.00 points to 3,630.00.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 2498 to 1053 and 227 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 4.18% to 22.66.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for August delivery was down 0.28% or 0.31 to $109.47 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in September fell 0.20% or 0.22 to hit $112.23 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 0.02% or 0.35 to trade at $1,817.85 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.34% to 136.12, while EUR/JPY fell 0.19% to 142.30.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.11% at 104.74.