Investing.com – Japan equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Trading, Machinery and Communication sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 declined 0.26%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Familymart Ltd (T:8028), which rose 5.08% or 320.0 points to trade at 6620.0 at the close. Kajima Corp. (T:1812) added 3.25% or 29.0 points to end at 922.0 and Daiwa House Industry Co., Ltd. (T:1925) was up 2.48% or 92.0 points to 3809.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included The Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd. (T:5101), which lost 5.69% or 130.0 points to trade at 2154.0 in late trade. SUMCO Corp. (T:3436) declined 4.73% or 85.0 points to end at 1711.0 and Kobe Steel, Ltd. (T:5406) shed 4.16% or 44.5 points to 1025.0.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1863 to 1287 and 308 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 1.30% to 14.01.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for July delivery was up 0.11% or 0.05 to $44.78 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in August rose 0.40% or 0.19 to hit $47.19 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.95% or 12.18 to trade at $1263.72 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.01% to 109.60, while EUR/JPY fell 0.25% to 122.62.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.21% at 97.11.