Investing.com – Japan equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Shipbuilding, Textile and Automobiles & Parts sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 declined 1.13% to hit a new 1-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Yamaha Corp. (TOKYO:7951), which rose 4.43% or 105.0 points to trade at 2474.0 at the close. Alps Electric Co., Ltd. (TOKYO:6770) added 2.91% or 100.0 points to end at 3535.0 and Unitika, Ltd. (TOKYO:3103) was up 1.72% or 1.0 points to 58.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included SUMCO Corp. (TOKYO:3436), which lost 5.60% or 91.0 points to trade at 1534.0 in late trade. Sojitz Corp. (TOKYO:2768) declined 4.33% or 13.0 points to end at 287.0 and Nisshinbo Holdings Inc. (TOKYO:3105) shed 4.27% or 60.0 points to 1346.0.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1493 to 390 on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 0.91% to 18.86.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for August delivery was down 0.75% or 0.46 to $59.88 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in August fell 0.45% or 0.28 to hit $63.59 a barrel, while the August Gold contract rose 0.90% or 10.60 to trade at $1187.40 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.29% to 123.08, while EUR/JPY fell 0.20% to 139.65.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.10% at 94.39.