Investing.com – Japan equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Shipbuilding, Transportation Equipment and Power sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 fell 1.55%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were DOWA Holdings Co., Ltd. (T:5714), which rose 4.64% or 30.0 points to trade at 677.0 at the close. Shinsei Bank, Ltd. (T:8303) added 3.61% or 5.5 points to end at 158.0 and SUMCO Corp. (T:3436) was up 3.55% or 28.0 points to 817.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Sharp Corp. (T:6753), which lost 6.32% or 9.0 points to trade at 133.5 in late trade. Olympus Corp. (T:7733) declined 5.74% or 195.0 points to end at 3200.0 and Softbank Corp. (T:9984) shed 4.56% or 308.5 points to 6451.1.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1666 to 317 and 74 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 8.71% to 22.22.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for September delivery was up 0.19% or 0.09 to $46.88 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in October fell 0.16% or 0.08 to hit $49.77 a barrel, while the December Gold contract rose 0.61% or 8.20 to trade at $1357.00 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.43% to 99.85, while EUR/JPY fell 0.21% to 112.97.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.23% at 94.47.