Investing.com – Japan equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Retail, Financial Services and Banking sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 declined 0.14%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Toho Zinc Co., Ltd. (T:5707), which rose 11.49% or 54.0 points to trade at 524.0 at the close. The Japan Steel Works, Ltd. (T:5631) added 5.77% or 127.0 points to end at 2327.0 and Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. (T:9104) was up 3.45% or 11.6 points to 348.1 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Nichirei Corp. (T:2871), which lost 2.86% or 86.0 points to trade at 2919.0 in late trade. Trend Micro Inc. (T:4704) declined 2.07% or 110.0 points to end at 5210.0 and Taiheiyo Cement Corp. (T:5233) shed 1.89% or 8.0 points to 414.5.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1925 to 1243 and 282 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 3.34% to 15.35.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for September delivery was down 0.11% or 0.05 to $46.73 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in October fell 0.02% or 0.01 to hit $50.26 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.78% or 9.97 to trade at $1292.87 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.17% to 110.00, while EUR/JPY fell 0.41% to 129.14.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.12% at 93.52.