Investing.com – Japan equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Shipbuilding, Construction and Machinery sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 lost 0.79%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Kajima Corp. (T:1812), which rose 1.48% or 24.0 points to trade at 1648.0 at the close. Advantest Corp. (T:6857) added 1.39% or 36.0 points to end at 2629.0 and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (T:7011) was up 1.36% or 61.0 points to 4531.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Dainippon Screen Mfg. Co., Ltd. (T:7735), which lost 5.53% or 260.0 points to trade at 4440.0 in late trade. SUMCO Corp. (T:3436) declined 4.33% or 64.0 points to end at 1413.0 and Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd. (T:5801) shed 3.80% or 135.0 points to 3420.0.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 2267 to 1209 and 223 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 0.95% to 16.67.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for April delivery was down 0.47% or 0.27 to $56.67 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in May fell 0.62% or 0.41 to hit $66.17 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 0.32% or 4.25 to trade at $1325.45 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.21% to 110.75, while EUR/JPY fell 0.09% to 126.06.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.10% at 95.942.