Investing.com – Japan equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Gas & Water, Finance & Investment 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 2.91% or 12.0 points to trade at 424.0 at the close. DeNA Co Ltd (T:2432) added 2.51% or 62.0 points to end at 2535.0 and Alps Electric Co., Ltd. (T:6770) was up 2.43% or 75.0 points to 3160.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Chiyoda Corp. (T:6366), which lost 4.27% or 28.0 points to trade at 627.0 in late trade. Yokogawa Electric Corp. (T:6841) declined 3.40% or 65.0 points to end at 1849.0 and NKSJ Holdings, Inc. (T:8630) shed 3.38% or 149.0 points to 4259.0.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1707 to 1442 and 318 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 3.18% to 13.95.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for August delivery was down 0.21% or 0.09 to $42.44 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in August fell 0.20% or 0.09 to hit $44.73 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 0.61% or 7.55 to trade at $1253.35 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.31% to 111.04, while EUR/JPY fell 0.37% to 123.95.
The US Dollar Index Futures was unchanged 0.00% at 97.22.