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 declined 0.59%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the were Mitsubishi Motors Corp. (TYO:), which rose 9.29% or 39.10 points to trade at 460.00 at the close. Tokyo Gas Co., Ltd. (TYO:) added 6.71% or 237.00 points to end at 3,769.00 and DeNA Co Ltd (TYO:) was up 6.64% or 117.50 points to 1,886.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included M3 Inc (TYO:), which lost 13.53% or 248.00 points to trade at 1,585.50 in late trade. Kyocera Corp. (TYO:) declined 10.42% or 183.00 points to end at 1,573.00 and Hino Motors, Ltd. (TYO:) shed 6.82% or 27.70 points to 378.40.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 2371 to 1224 and 243 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The , which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 11.79% to 25.97.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for December delivery was up 0.52% or 0.36 to $68.97 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in January rose 0.51% or 0.37 to hit $72.53 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.22% or 6.20 to trade at $2,794.60 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.34% to 152.89, while EUR/JPY fell 0.40% to 165.89.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.14% at 104.01.
