Investing.com – Japan equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic, Railway & Bus and Shipbuilding sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 declined 0.32%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Hitachi Construction Machinery Co (TYO:6305), which rose 4.71% or 129.00 points to trade at 2,870.00 at the close. Tokyo Electric Power Co., Inc. (TYO:9501) added 2.54% or 12.00 points to end at 484.00 and Yaskawa Electric Corp. (TYO:6506) was up 2.46% or 100.00 points to 4,170.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Canon Inc (TYO:7751), which lost 6.22% or 208.00 points to trade at 3,136.00 in late trade. Concordia Financial Group Ltd (TYO:7186) declined 5.60% or 27.00 points to end at 455.00 and Fukuoka Financial Group, Inc. (TYO:8354) shed 5.38% or 143.00 points to 2,517.00.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 2214 to 1251 and 280 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 1.80% to 23.44.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for December delivery was down 0.50% or 0.44 to $87.47 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in January fell 0.50% or 0.47 to hit $93.32 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.29% or 4.80 to trade at $1,664.40 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.34% to 145.85, while EUR/JPY fell 0.46% to 146.80.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.10% at 109.67.