Investing.com – Japan equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Precision Instruments, Electrical/Machinery and Machinery sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 lost 1.77%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Tokyo Electric Power Co., Inc. (TYO:9501), which rose 10.55% or 73.00 points to trade at 765.00 at the close. Sompo Holdings Inc (TYO:8630) added 5.12% or 353.00 points to end at 7,253.00 and Shizuoka Financial Group Inc (TYO:5831) was up 1.84% or 22.50 points to 1,247.50 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd. (TYO:9107), which lost 4.95% or 271.00 points to trade at 5,202.00 in late trade. Advantest Corp. (TYO:6857) declined 4.69% or 208.00 points to end at 4,224.00 and CyberAgent Inc (TYO:4751) shed 4.45% or 38.30 points to 822.00.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 2914 to 728 and 221 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 4.16% to 17.77.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for January delivery was up 0.52% or 0.36 to $69.74 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in February rose 0.55% or 0.41 to hit $74.71 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract fell 0.13% or 2.75 to trade at $2,045.15 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.63% to 146.38, while EUR/JPY fell 0.64% to 157.55.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.03% at 104.08.