Investing.com – Japan equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Precision Instruments, Electrical/Machinery and Pharmaceutical Industry sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 lost 1.91% to hit a new 1-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Familymart Ltd (T:8028), which rose 3.32% or 520.0 points to trade at 16160.0 at the close. NEC Corp. (T:6701) added 1.59% or 55.0 points to end at 3515.0 and Chiyoda Corp. (T:6366) was up 1.26% or 4.0 points to 321.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included TDK Corp (T:6762), which lost 6.64% or 590.0 points to trade at 8290.0 in late trade. SUMCO Corp. (T:3436) declined 6.58% or 106.0 points to end at 1505.0 and Taiyo Yuden Co., Ltd. (T:6976) shed 6.58% or 142.0 points to 2016.0.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 3013 to 518 and 160 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 3.07% to 19.47.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for January delivery was down 0.83% or 0.44 to $52.45 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in February fell 0.86% or 0.53 to hit $61.03 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract fell 0.11% or 1.40 to trade at $1241.20 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.16% to 113.01, while EUR/JPY fell 0.29% to 128.03.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.11% at 97.120.