Investing.com – Japan equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Finance & Investment, Power and Automobiles & Parts sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 lost 0.82%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Nippon Suisan Kaisha, Ltd. (T:1332), which rose 3.89% or 27.0 points to trade at 721.0 at the close. Subaru Corp (T:7270) added 2.62% or 87.0 points to end at 3403.0 and Yamaha Motor Co Ltd (T:7272) was up 1.79% or 55.0 points to 3130.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Fujikura Ltd. (T:5803), which lost 11.96% or 75.0 points to trade at 552.0 in late trade. Taiyo Yuden Co., Ltd. (T:6976) declined 6.31% or 178.0 points to end at 2645.0 and Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd. (T:5801) shed 5.50% or 215.0 points to 3695.0.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 2581 to 881 and 142 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 0.24% to 16.44.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for November delivery was up 1.19% or 0.85 to $72.42 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in December rose 1.11% or 0.90 to hit $81.69 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.09% or 1.10 to trade at $1200.20 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was unchanged 0.00% to 112.72, while EUR/JPY fell 0.26% to 132.02.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.27% at 94.13.