Investing.com – Japan equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Finance & Investment, Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic and Shipbuilding sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 lost 0.57%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Keio Corp. (T:9008), which rose 1.53% or 110.0 points to trade at 7290.0 at the close. Shionogi & Co., Ltd. (T:4507) added 1.40% or 85.0 points to end at 6146.0 and Nippon Suisan Kaisha, Ltd. (T:1332) was up 1.22% or 8.0 points to 664.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Advantest Corp. (T:6857), which lost 5.00% or 137.0 points to trade at 2602.0 in late trade. Taiyo Yuden Co., Ltd. (T:6976) declined 4.38% or 83.0 points to end at 1814.0 and Tokyo Electron Ltd. (T:8035) shed 4.21% or 655.0 points to 14910.0.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 2648 to 839 and 213 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 1.46% to 16.90.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for July delivery was up 2.70% or 1.38 to $52.52 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in August rose 2.93% or 1.76 to hit $61.73 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 0.25% or 3.35 to trade at $1340.15 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.13% to 108.34, while EUR/JPY fell 0.02% to 122.42.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.08% at 96.893.