Investing.com – Japan equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Mining, Paper & Pulp and Glass sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 lost 0.37%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Toshiba Corp. (T:6502), which rose 4.91% or 13.6 points to trade at 290.4 at the close. Pioneer Corp. (T:6773) added 4.84% or 12.0 points to end at 260.0 and Oki Electric Industry Co., Ltd. (T:6703) was up 4.58% or 77.0 points to 1757.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included SUMCO Corp. (T:3436), which lost 5.48% or 87.0 points to trade at 1500.0 in late trade. Taiyo Yuden Co., Ltd. (T:6976) declined 4.51% or 66.0 points to end at 1398.0 and Tosoh Corp. (T:4042) shed 3.31% or 28.0 points to 819.0.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1829 to 1197 and 335 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 2.59% to 20.29.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for February delivery was down 0.11% or 0.06 to $53.20 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in March fell 0.23% or 0.13 to hit $56.33 a barrel, while the February Gold contract rose 1.15% or 13.45 to trade at $1178.75 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 1.17% to 115.88, while EUR/JPY fell 0.44% to 122.42.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.65% at 101.82.