Investing.com – Japan equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Precision Instruments, Machinery and Marine Transport sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 fell 0.85%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Eisai Co., Ltd. (TYO:4523), which rose 7.37% or 707.00 points to trade at 10,305.00 at the close. Oki Electric Industry Co., Ltd. (TYO:6703) added 4.62% or 38.00 points to end at 861.00 and Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd. (TYO:9107) was up 3.55% or 114.00 points to 3,325.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Citizen Holdings Co., Ltd. (TYO:7762), which lost 7.30% or 65.00 points to trade at 825.00 in late trade. Taiyo Yuden Co., Ltd. (TYO:6976) declined 3.40% or 150.00 points to end at 4,260.00 and Trend Micro Inc. (TYO:4704) shed 3.36% or 235.00 points to 6,760.00.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 2479 to 1093 and 250 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 3.03% to 21.15.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for July delivery was up 0.30% or 0.22 to $72.75 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in August rose 0.25% or 0.19 to hit $77.14 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 0.10% or 1.95 to trade at $1,960.35 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.23% to 139.81, while EUR/JPY fell 0.19% to 149.64.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.05% at 104.00.