Investing.com – Japan equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Gas & Water, Power and Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 lost 0.01%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Rakuten Inc (T:4755), which rose 4.66% or 52.0 points to trade at 1168.0 at the close. Softbank Group Corp. (T:9984) added 3.16% or 303.0 points to end at 9882.0 and Fast Retailing Co., Ltd. (T:9983) was up 2.84% or 1770.0 points to 64080.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included JGC Corp. (T:1963), which lost 7.30% or 110.0 points to trade at 1396.0 in late trade. Mitsubishi Motors Corp. (T:7211) declined 5.67% or 30.0 points to end at 499.0 and Hino Motors, Ltd. (T:7205) shed 4.82% or 43.0 points to 850.0.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 2156 to 1313 and 226 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 3.74% to 20.10.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for July delivery was up 0.39% or 0.20 to $51.88 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in August rose 0.41% or 0.25 to hit $60.88 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 0.40% or 5.35 to trade at $1338.95 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.22% to 108.22, while EUR/JPY fell 0.13% to 121.52.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.02% at 97.232.