Investing.com – Japan equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Rubber, Insurance and Fishery sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 fell 0.42%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were DIC Corp (TYO:4631), which rose 5.42% or 138.50 points to trade at 2,694.00 at the close. Unitika, Ltd. (TYO:3103) added 2.96% or 5.00 points to end at 174.00 and Toho Zinc Co., Ltd. (TYO:5707) was up 2.66% or 29.00 points to 1,119.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Trend Micro Inc. (TYO:4704), which lost 6.18% or 500.00 points to trade at 7,592.00 in late trade. Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd. (TYO:9107) declined 3.92% or 249.00 points to end at 6,101.00 and Nippon Yusen K.K (TYO:9101) shed 3.46% or 157.00 points to 4,384.00.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 2562 to 1148 and 174 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 0.78% to 16.90.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for February delivery was down 0.04% or 0.03 to $74.08 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in March rose 0.03% or 0.02 to hit $79.56 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.09% or 1.95 to trade at $2,095.05 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.45% to 141.18, while EUR/JPY fell 0.43% to 156.83.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.10% at 100.55.