Investing.com – Japan equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Shipbuilding, Power and Fishery sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 lost 1.57%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Fujikura Ltd. (TYO:5803), which rose 2.84% or 61.50 points to trade at 2,232.50 at the close. Nippon Electric Glass Co., Ltd. (TYO:5214) added 2.52% or 95.00 points to end at 3,861.00 and Sumitomo Realty & Development Co. (TYO:8830) was up 2.07% or 114.00 points to 5,640.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Obayashi Corp. (TYO:1802), which lost 4.85% or 91.50 points to trade at 1,790.00 in late trade. Nissui Corp (TYO:1332) declined 4.89% or 48.70 points to end at 946.30 and Credit Saison Co., Ltd. (TYO:8253) shed 4.96% or 162.00 points to 3,108.00.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 2856 to 865 and 153 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 1.84% to 18.72.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for May delivery was up 0.57% or 0.46 to $81.81 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in June rose 0.46% or 0.39 to hit $85.80 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 0.25% or 5.55 to trade at $2,218.25 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.00% to 151.32, while EUR/JPY fell 0.04% to 163.69.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.02% at 104.08.