Investing.com – Japan equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Mining, Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic and Shipbuilding sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 declined 0.20%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Amada Co., Ltd. (T:6113), which rose 11.45% or 123.0 points to trade at 1197.0 at the close. Chiyoda Corp. (T:6366) added 4.63% or 15.0 points to end at 339.0 and Kuraray Co., Ltd. (T:3405) was up 4.03% or 66.0 points to 1704.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Taiyo Yuden Co., Ltd. (T:6976), which lost 4.82% or 103.0 points to trade at 2036.0 in late trade. Shinsei Bank, Ltd. (T:8303) declined 4.80% or 82.0 points to end at 1627.0 and The Dai-ichi Life Insurance Co. (T:8750) shed 4.00% or 86.0 points to 2066.0.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1768 to 1715 and 219 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 0.18% to 22.31.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for December delivery was up 0.28% or 0.16 to $56.41 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in January rose 0.73% or 0.48 to hit $66.60 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.40% or 4.90 to trade at $1215.00 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.13% to 113.47, while EUR/JPY rose 0.18% to 128.73.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.01% at 96.67.