Investing.com – Japan equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Shipbuilding, Communication and Real Estate sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 declined 0.63% to hit a new 1-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Kajima Corp. (T:1812), which rose 4.91% or 75.0 points to trade at 1603.0 at the close. Sumitomo Dainippon Pharma Co Ltd (T:4506) added 4.67% or 107.0 points to end at 2396.0 and Nippon Meat Packers, Inc. (T:2282) was up 3.64% or 160.0 points to 4550.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Dentsu Inc. (T:4324), which lost 8.49% or 370.0 points to trade at 3990.0 in late trade. T&D Holdings, Inc. (T:8795) declined 8.04% or 95.0 points to end at 1087.0 and Taiyo Yuden Co., Ltd. (T:6976) shed 8.04% or 186.0 points to 2126.0.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 2165 to 1356 and 192 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 0.17% to 23.79 a new 3-month high.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for June delivery was up 0.35% or 0.22 to $62.24 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in July rose 0.29% or 0.21 to hit $71.98 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 0.09% or 1.15 to trade at $1298.95 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.20% to 109.36, while EUR/JPY fell 0.09% to 122.61.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.03% at 97.347.