Investing.com – Japan equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Mining, Manufacturing and Textile sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 fell 0.99%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Toshiba Corp. (T:6502), which rose 3.27% or 11.0 points to trade at 347.5 at the close. Taiyo Yuden Co., Ltd. (T:6976) added 2.43% or 61.0 points to end at 2573.0 and Resona Holdings, Inc. (T:8308) was up 2.43% or 15.6 points to 657.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Oji Holdings Corp. (T:3861), which lost 4.50% or 34.0 points to trade at 721.0 in late trade. TOTO Ltd. (T:5332) declined 3.58% or 210.0 points to end at 5650.0 and Familymart Ltd (T:8028) shed 3.27% or 400.0 points to 11840.0.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 2176 to 1150 and 229 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 4.78% to 14.55.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for July delivery was up 0.03% or 0.02 to $66.66 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in August fell 0.16% or 0.12 to hit $76.62 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 0.34% or 4.40 to trade at $1305.70 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.30% to 110.01, while EUR/JPY fell 0.08% to 130.02.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.24% at 93.34.