Investing.com – Japan equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Shipbuilding, Steel and Power sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 fell 1.32%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Taiheiyo Cement Corp. (T:5233), which rose 0.80% or 3.0 points to trade at 377.5 at the close. Sapporo Holdings Ltd. (T:2501) added 0.67% or 20.0 points to end at 3010.0 and Olympus Corp. (T:7733) was up 0.63% or 25.0 points to 4025.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Toshiba Corp. (T:6502), which lost 16.78% or 52.3 points to trade at 259.3 in late trade. SUMCO Corp. (T:3436) declined 5.08% or 81.0 points to end at 1514.0 and Tosoh Corp. (T:4042) shed 4.77% or 41.0 points to 819.0.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 2379 to 676 and 270 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 12.40% to 20.31.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for February delivery was down 0.39% or 0.21 to $53.85 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in March fell 0.04% or 0.02 to hit $56.94 a barrel, while the February Gold contract rose 0.80% or 9.10 to trade at $1150.00 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.73% to 116.38, while EUR/JPY fell 0.41% to 121.75.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.39% at 102.84.