Investing.com – Japan equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Railway & Bus, Communication and Transportation Equipment sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 fell 0.80% to hit a new 1-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Z Holdings Corp (TYO:4689), which rose 2.93% or 10.50 points to trade at 368.30 at the close. CyberAgent Inc (TYO:4751) added 2.79% or 30.00 points to end at 1,105.00 and Nichirei Corp. (TYO:2871) was up 2.43% or 65.00 points to 2,740.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings (TYO:8309), which lost 6.27% or 306.00 points to trade at 4,572.00 in late trade. Sumitomo Metal Mining Co., Ltd. (TYO:5713) declined 6.20% or 316.00 points to end at 4,782.00 and Dai-ichi Life Holdings Inc (TYO:8750) shed 6.18% or 154.00 points to 2,337.50.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 3041 to 624 and 168 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 9.76% to 19.42.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for April delivery was up 0.53% or 0.36 to $67.97 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in May rose 0.68% or 0.50 to hit $74.19 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 0.52% or 10.10 to trade at $1,921.20 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.39% to 132.88, while EUR/JPY fell 0.04% to 141.02.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.14% at 104.13.