Investing.com – Japan equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Finance & Investment, Fishery and Rubber sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 fell 1.89%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were IHI Corp. (TYO:7013), which rose 3.87% or 135.00 points to trade at 3,620.00 at the close. Hitachi Zosen Corp. (TYO:7004) added 2.18% or 17.00 points to end at 798.00 and Tokyo Gas Co., Ltd. (TYO:9531) was up 2.00% or 52.00 points to 2,657.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Yamato Holdings Co., Ltd. (TYO:9064), which lost 4.95% or 119.00 points to trade at 2,283.00 in late trade. Nippon Yusen K.K (TYO:9101) declined 4.94% or 500.00 points to end at 9,630.00 and Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd. (TYO:9107) shed 4.78% or 440.00 points to 8,770.00.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 2544 to 994 and 215 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 4.51% to 23.10.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for July delivery was up 0.66% or 0.71 to $107.75 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in July rose 1.09% or 1.19 to hit $110.30 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 0.26% or 4.78 to trade at $1,811.12 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.04% to 128.16, while EUR/JPY rose 0.10% to 134.32.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.07% at 103.79.