Investing.com – Japan equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic, Shipbuilding and Rubber sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 declined 0.65%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Maruha Nichiro Corp (T:1333), which rose 2.14% or 80.0 points to trade at 3820.0 at the close. Sumitomo Realty & Development Co. (T:8830) added 1.90% or 81.0 points to end at 4346.0 and Nippon Suisan Kaisha, Ltd. (T:1332) was up 1.81% or 14.0 points to 789.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included SUMCO Corp. (T:3436), which lost 6.16% or 86.0 points to trade at 1309.0 in late trade. Taiyo Yuden Co., Ltd. (T:6976) declined 5.70% or 136.0 points to end at 2248.0 and NTN Corp. (T:6472) shed 5.13% or 18.0 points to 333.0.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 2576 to 936 and 170 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 1.15% to 16.73.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for April delivery was up 0.14% or 0.08 to $56.30 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in May rose 0.39% or 0.26 to hit $66.25 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 0.13% or 1.65 to trade at $1285.95 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.00% to 111.75, while EUR/JPY rose 0.05% to 126.39.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.02% at 96.820.