Investing.com – Japan equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Pharmaceutical Industry, Services and Retail sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 lost 0.12%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Hino Motors, Ltd. (T:7205), which rose 5.50% or 74.0 points to trade at 1420.0 at the close. Aeon Co., Ltd. (T:8267) added 4.06% or 78.5 points to end at 2012.0 and Dentsu Inc. (T:4324) was up 3.62% or 170.0 points to 4860.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Taiheiyo Cement Corp. (T:5233), which lost 4.46% or 175.0 points to trade at 3750.0 in late trade. Showa Denko K.K. (T:4004) declined 4.39% or 170.0 points to end at 3700.0 and Tokai Carbon Co., Ltd. (T:5301) shed 4.01% or 55.0 points to 1317.0.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1878 to 1419 and 250 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 0.33% to 20.89.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for May delivery was down 0.07% or 0.05 to $66.77 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in June fell 0.21% or 0.15 to hit $71.91 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 0.52% or 7.10 to trade at $1352.90 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.08% to 106.88, while EUR/JPY rose 0.08% to 132.18.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.08% at 89.29.