Investing.com – Japan equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Power, Retail and Food sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 fell 0.13%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were SUMCO Corp. (T:3436), which rose 4.28% or 124.0 points to trade at 3020.0 at the close. Chiyoda Corp. (T:6366) added 3.88% or 31.0 points to end at 830.0 and Fujikura Ltd. (T:5803) was up 3.42% or 34.0 points to 1029.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Familymart Ltd (T:8028), which lost 2.49% or 200.0 points to trade at 7830.0 in late trade. Nippon Sheet Glass Co., Ltd. (T:5202) declined 2.01% or 21.0 points to end at 1024.0 and Concordia Financial Group Ltd (T:7186) shed 1.85% or 13.0 points to 688.0.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1909 to 1437 and 232 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 0.42% to 14.36 a new 1-month low.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for February delivery was up 0.07% or 0.04 to $58.13 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in February rose 0.02% or 0.01 to hit $64.57 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract fell 0.05% or 0.60 to trade at $1269.00 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.14% to 113.56, while EUR/JPY rose 0.15% to 134.81.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.04% at 92.98.