Investing.com – Japan equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Rubber, Warehousing and Machinery sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 lost 0.59%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Sumitomo Metal Mining Co., Ltd. (T:5713), which rose 2.66% or 134.0 points to trade at 5173.0 at the close. Kobe Steel, Ltd. (T:5406) added 2.55% or 26.0 points to end at 1047.5 and Pacific Metals Co., Ltd. (T:5541) was up 1.62% or 50.0 points to 3130.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Nippon Sheet Glass Co., Ltd. (T:5202), which lost 3.49% or 36.0 points to trade at 996.0 in late trade. Nippon Suisan Kaisha, Ltd. (T:1332) declined 3.43% or 21.0 points to end at 591.0 and Fukuoka Financial Group, Inc. (T:8354) shed 2.48% or 16.0 points to 628.0.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 2128 to 1203 and 228 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 3.67% to 14.70.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for February delivery was up 0.34% or 0.20 to $59.84 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in March rose 0.39% or 0.26 to hit $66.25 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.32% or 4.10 to trade at $1295.50 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.43% to 112.71, while EUR/JPY fell 0.16% to 134.53.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.27% at 92.41.