Investing.com – Japan equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Transport, Finance & Investment and Communication sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 fell 1.22%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Kikkoman Corp. (TYO:2801), which rose 2.61% or 180.00 points to trade at 7,070.00 at the close. Tokyo Electric Power Co., Inc. (TYO:9501) added 2.27% or 11.00 points to end at 496.00 and Eisai Co., Ltd. (TYO:4523) was up 2.04% or 150.00 points to 7,509.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Mazda Motor Corp (TYO:7261), which lost 4.96% or 59.00 points to trade at 1,130.00 in late trade. Tokyo Electron Ltd. (TYO:8035) declined 4.53% or 715.00 points to end at 15,065.00 and Ebara Corp. (TYO:6361) shed 4.49% or 270.00 points to 5,740.00.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 2700 to 872 and 231 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 3.10% to 16.55.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for May delivery was down 0.41% or 0.33 to $80.28 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in June fell 0.35% or 0.30 to hit $84.69 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 0.16% or 3.25 to trade at $2,032.35 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.03% to 131.27, while EUR/JPY rose 0.05% to 143.29.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.03% at 101.51.