Investing.com – Japan equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic, Mining and Trading sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 declined 1.53%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Sekisui House, Ltd. (TYO:1928), which rose 5.96% or 141.50 points to trade at 2,515.50 at the close. Japan Steel Works Ltd (TYO:5631) added 2.91% or 87.00 points to end at 3,080.00 and Haseko Corp (TYO:1808) was up 2.81% or 45.00 points to 1,645.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Unitika, Ltd. (TYO:3103), which lost 4.62% or 12.00 points to trade at 248.00 in late trade. Marubeni Corp. (TYO:8002) declined 4.24% or 61.50 points to end at 1,390.50 and Denso Corp. (TYO:6902) shed 4.17% or 319.00 points to 7,332.00.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 2946 to 603 and 230 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 0.85% to 19.91.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for October delivery was down 0.99% or 0.89 to $88.66 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in November fell 1.00% or 0.96 to hit $94.68 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.52% or 9.05 to trade at $1,717.15 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.18% to 139.21, while EUR/JPY fell 0.14% to 139.55.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.23% at 108.92.