Investing.com – Japan equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Shipbuilding, Manufacturing and Warehousing sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 lost 2.84% to hit a new 52-week low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Takeda Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. (T:4502), which rose 7.02% or 252.0 points to trade at 3840.0 at the close. Chubu Electric Power Co., Inc. (T:9502) added 1.93% or 31.0 points to end at 1635.0 and The Kansai Electric Power Co. (T:9503) was up 1.81% or 30.0 points to 1687.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Taiyo Yuden Co., Ltd. (T:6976), which lost 8.31% or 152.0 points to trade at 1677.0 in late trade. TDK Corp (T:6762) declined 7.60% or 600.0 points to end at 7290.0 and Showa Denko K.K. (T:4004) shed 7.00% or 260.0 points to 3455.0.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 3519 to 173 and 63 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 1.90% to 23.07.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for February delivery was down 2.99% or 1.44 to $46.73 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in February fell 2.66% or 1.52 to hit $55.72 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract fell 0.22% or 2.75 to trade at $1253.65 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.56% to 111.85, while EUR/JPY fell 0.07% to 127.88.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.45% at 96.045.