Investing.com – Japan equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic, Transport and Railway & Bus sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 declined 0.98%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Fujikura Ltd. (TYO:5803), which rose 16.39% or 150.00 points to trade at 1,065.00 at the close. Kajima Corp. (TYO:1812) added 6.91% or 98.00 points to end at 1,517.00 and Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Ltd. (TYO:7012) was up 5.27% or 143.00 points to 2,857.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Kobe Steel, Ltd. (TYO:5406), which lost 7.54% or 49.00 points to trade at 601.00 in late trade. Kubota Corp. (TYO:6326) declined 7.05% or 152.50 points to end at 2,011.00 and Yokohama Rubber Co Ltd (TYO:5101) shed 6.51% or 151.00 points to 2,167.00.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 2152 to 1361 and 281 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 1.61% to 20.87.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for December delivery was down 0.55% or 0.47 to $85.36 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in January fell 0.41% or 0.38 to hit $92.27 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.29% or 5.00 to trade at $1,708.70 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.00% to 146.43, while EUR/JPY fell 0.08% to 146.51.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.06% at 110.40.