Investing.com – Japan equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Precision Instruments, Railway & Bus and Retail sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 lost 1.70%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Rakuten Inc (TYO:4755), which rose 2.58% or 13.40 points to trade at 533.40 at the close. Kobe Steel, Ltd. (TYO:5406) added 2.38% or 32.00 points to end at 1,377.00 and Ajinomoto Co., Inc. (TYO:2802) was up 1.19% or 67.00 points to 5,694.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included TDK Corp (TYO:6762), which lost 4.04% or 231.00 points to trade at 5,480.00 in late trade. Tokyo Electron Ltd. (TYO:8035) declined 3.92% or 835.00 points to end at 20,480.00 and DOWA Holdings Co., Ltd. (TYO:5714) shed 3.75% or 179.00 points to 4,591.00.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 2887 to 780 and 190 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 2.44% to 18.80.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for August delivery was up 0.03% or 0.02 to $71.81 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in September fell 0.18% or 0.14 to hit $76.51 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.02% or 0.45 to trade at $1,926.65 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.63% to 143.73, while EUR/JPY fell 0.57% to 156.11.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.13% at 102.90.