Investing.com – Japan equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Power, Railway & Bus and Marine Transport sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 fell 2.22%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Kansai Electric Power Co Inc (TYO:9503), which rose 1.56% or 30.50 points to trade at 1,979.50 at the close. Chubu Electric Power Co., Inc. (TYO:9502) added 1.43% or 25.50 points to end at 1,805.00 and Tokyo Electric Power Co., Inc. (TYO:9501) was up 1.24% or 7.80 points to 638.50 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Advantest Corp. (TYO:6857), which lost 6.87% or 294.00 points to trade at 3,984.00 in late trade. Dainippon Screen Mfg. Co., Ltd. (TYO:7735) declined 5.61% or 420.00 points to end at 7,068.00 and Tokyo Electron Ltd. (TYO:8035) shed 5.03% or 1,025.00 points to 19,340.00.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 2890 to 766 and 214 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 1.95% to 22.11.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for December delivery was down 0.81% or 0.69 to $84.70 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in December fell 0.64% or 0.58 to hit $89.55 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.32% or 6.35 to trade at $2,001.25 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.13% to 150.40, while EUR/JPY fell 0.08% to 158.63.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.21% at 106.57.