Investing.com – Japan equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Shipbuilding, Pharmaceutical Industry and Glass sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 lost 1.86%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Keio Corp. (TYO:9008), which rose 2.38% or 103.00 points to trade at 4,436.00 at the close. Odakyu Electric Railway Co., Ltd. (TYO:9007) added 1.86% or 38.50 points to end at 2,108.00 and Canon Inc (TYO:7751) was up 1.61% or 60.00 points to 3,777.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Daiichi Sankyo Co., Ltd. (TYO:4568), which lost 7.01% or 270.00 points to trade at 3,579.00 in late trade. Dainippon Screen Mfg. Co., Ltd. (TYO:7735) declined 5.85% or 453.00 points to end at 7,290.00 and Yaskawa Electric Corp. (TYO:6506) shed 5.01% or 273.00 points to 5,179.00.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 2730 to 924 and 204 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 0.71% to 21.00.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for December delivery was down 0.44% or 0.38 to $86.89 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in December fell 0.66% or 0.60 to hit $90.90 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.29% or 5.65 to trade at $1,962.65 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.10% to 149.76, while EUR/JPY fell 0.06% to 157.87.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.00% at 106.36.