Investing.com – Japan equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic, Mining and Warehousing sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 declined 0.39%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Denki Kagaku Kogyo K.K. (T:4061), which rose 3.40% or 14.0 points to trade at 426.0 at the close. Toshiba Corp. (T:6502) added 3.24% or 11.5 points to end at 366.9 and Pioneer Corp. (T:6773) was up 2.71% or 6.0 points to 227.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Showa Shell Sekiyu K.K. (T:5002), which lost 4.04% or 40.0 points to trade at 950.0 in late trade. Kobe Steel, Ltd. (T:5406) declined 3.33% or 29.0 points to end at 841.5 and Nippon Sheet Glass Co., Ltd. (T:5202) shed 3.23% or 27.0 points to 808.0.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1180 to 758 and 130 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 3.56% to 21.25.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for November delivery was down 0.76% or 0.38 to $49.80 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in December fell 0.62% or 0.32 to hit $51.49 a barrel, while the December Gold contract rose 0.58% or 7.25 to trade at $1261.05 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.32% to 103.88, while EUR/JPY fell 0.26% to 114.42.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.03% at 97.96.