Investing.com – Japan equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Power, Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic and Mining 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 Tokyo Electric Power Co., Inc. (TYO:9501), which rose 5.07% or 34.80 points to trade at 721.10 at the close. Mitsui Chemicals, Inc. (TYO:4183) added 2.94% or 117.00 points to end at 4,101.00 and Rakuten Inc (TYO:4755) was up 2.05% or 12.60 points to 628.20 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Keisei Electric Railway Co., Ltd. (TYO:9009), which lost 4.52% or 259.00 points to trade at 5,470.00 in late trade. Yaskawa Electric Corp. (TYO:6506) declined 4.29% or 251.00 points to end at 5,602.00 and Eisai Co., Ltd. (TYO:4523) shed 4.02% or 356.00 points to 8,491.00.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 2533 to 1107 and 227 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 2.01% to 17.26.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for November delivery was down 1.36% or 1.22 to $88.44 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in November fell 1.28% or 1.20 to hit $92.33 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 1.04% or 20.45 to trade at $1,946.65 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.01% to 148.34, while EUR/JPY fell 0.09% to 157.99.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.40% at 105.20.