Investing.com – Japan equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Pharmaceutical Industry, Power and Marine Transport sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 declined 0.05%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Nomura Holdings Inc (TYO:8604), which rose 4.40% or 23.20 points to trade at 550.20 at the close. Nikon Corp. (TYO:7731) added 4.20% or 70.50 points to end at 1,750.50 and Ebara Corp. (TYO:6361) was up 3.13% or 220.00 points to 7,254.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Eisai Co., Ltd. (TYO:4523), which lost 5.91% or 598.00 points to trade at 9,527.00 in late trade. Rakuten Inc (TYO:4755) declined 5.28% or 28.90 points to end at 518.50 and Daiichi Sankyo Co., Ltd. (TYO:4568) shed 3.98% or 199.00 points to 4,800.00.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1998 to 1579 and 269 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 2.71% to 21.99.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for July delivery was up 0.25% or 0.17 to $68.44 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in August rose 0.22% or 0.16 to hit $73.36 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 1.22% or 24.05 to trade at $1,944.85 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.96% to 141.43, while EUR/JPY rose 0.78% to 152.94.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.34% at 102.87.