Investing.com – Japan equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Transportation Equipment, Banking and Insurance sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 fell 0.11%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Minebea Mitsumi Inc (T:6479), which rose 9.56% or 211.0 points to trade at 2419.0 at the close. Isetan Mitsukoshi Holdings Ltd. (T:3099) added 5.60% or 69.0 points to end at 1301.0 and Shimizu Corp. (T:1803) was up 5.49% or 70.0 points to 1344.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Unitika, Ltd. (T:3103), which lost 8.38% or 84.0 points to trade at 918.0 in late trade. Toyobo Co., Ltd. (T:3101) declined 6.21% or 135.0 points to end at 2038.0 and Toppan Printing Co., Ltd. (T:7911) shed 5.32% or 63.0 points to 1121.0.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 2034 to 1279 and 191 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 4.48% to 17.25 a new 1-month high.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for December delivery was up 0.05% or 0.03 to $56.84 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in January rose 0.14% or 0.09 to hit $63.58 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.11% or 1.40 to trade at $1285.10 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.27% to 113.57, while EUR/JPY fell 0.12% to 131.89.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.17% at 94.61.