Investing.com – Japan equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the , and sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the fell 0.87%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the were Chugai Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. (TYO:), which rose 3.53% or 237.00 points to trade at 6,954.00 at the close. DIC Corp (TYO:) added 2.77% or 95.00 points to end at 3,520.00 and Nintendo Co Ltd (TYO:) was up 2.43% or 216.00 points to 9,119.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd. (TYO:), which lost 5.80% or 130.50 points to trade at 2,121.00 in late trade. Lasertec Corp (TYO:) declined 5.23% or 855.00 points to end at 15,505.00 and Nippon Yusen K.K (TYO:) shed 5.15% or 275.00 points to 5,062.00.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 2672 to 975 and 228 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The , which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 4.35% to 21.79.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for February delivery was up 0.23% or 0.17 to $73.49 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in March rose 0.22% or 0.17 to hit $76.33 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.38% or 10.06 to trade at $2,682.46 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.10% to 158.18, while EUR/JPY fell 0.24% to 162.99.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.07% at 109.00.
