Investing.com – Japan equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Transportation Equipment, Shipbuilding and Power sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 lost 0.80%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Recruit Holdings Co Ltd (TYO:6098), which rose 7.21% or 392.00 points to trade at 5,826.00 at the close. Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd. (TYO:4063) added 3.48% or 174.00 points to end at 5,174.00 and Kao Corp. (TYO:4452) was up 2.33% or 135.00 points to 5,925.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Mitsubishi Motors Corp. (TYO:7211), which lost 6.78% or 30.70 points to trade at 422.10 in late trade. Toho Co., Ltd. (TYO:9602) declined 6.20% or 321.00 points to end at 4,854.00 and Mazda Motor Corp (TYO:7261) shed 5.91% or 91.50 points to 1,456.00.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 2745 to 927 and 208 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 4.48% to 17.28.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for January delivery was up 0.45% or 0.31 to $69.78 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in February rose 0.57% or 0.42 to hit $74.68 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 2.60% or 51.85 to trade at $2,049.15 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.77% to 141.77, while EUR/JPY fell 0.54% to 154.55.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.24% at 102.23.