Investing.com – Japan equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Precision Instruments, Gas & Water and Fishery sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 declined 0.36%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Tokyo Electric Power Co., Inc. (TYO:9501), which rose 3.92% or 18.00 points to trade at 477.00 at the close. Daiichi Sankyo Co., Ltd. (TYO:4568) added 2.11% or 98.00 points to end at 4,738.00 and Sony Corp (TYO:6758) was up 2.09% or 240.00 points to 11,735.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Fanuc Corp. (TYO:6954), which lost 80.00% or 18,760.00 points to trade at 4,690.00 in late trade. Japan Post Holdings Co Ltd (TYO:6178) declined 4.01% or 44.50 points to end at 1,066.00 and Isuzu Motors, Ltd. (TYO:7202) shed 3.37% or 55.00 points to 1,577.00.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 2284 to 1362 and 186 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 3.87% to 17.38.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for May delivery was up 0.42% or 0.31 to $73.28 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in June rose 0.31% or 0.24 to hit $77.83 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 0.01% or 0.15 to trade at $1,984.65 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.37% to 132.35, while EUR/JPY fell 0.35% to 143.54.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.06% at 102.24.