Investing.com – Japan equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Transport, Warehousing and Railway & Bus sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 fell 0.37%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Ltd. (TYO:7012), which rose 5.02% or 155.00 points to trade at 3,245.00 at the close. Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (TYO:7011) added 4.13% or 225.00 points to end at 5,676.00 and Hitachi Zosen Corp. (TYO:7004) was up 3.10% or 26.00 points to 865.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Shiseido Co., Ltd. (TYO:4911), which lost 2.32% or 151.00 points to trade at 6,360.00 in late trade. Chugai Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. (TYO:4519) declined 2.06% or 75.00 points to end at 3,574.00 and Nisshin Seifun Group Inc. (TYO:2002) shed 1.98% or 31.00 points to 1,532.00.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1855 to 1634 and 322 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 9.71% to 17.11 a new 52-week low.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for January delivery was down 0.84% or 0.65 to $76.63 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in February fell 0.70% or 0.58 to hit $82.12 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract fell 0.85% or 15.50 to trade at $1,803.20 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.23% to 135.77, while EUR/JPY fell 0.07% to 144.62.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.10% at 103.52.