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 0.58% to hit a new 1-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the were Mitsubishi Motors Corp. (TYO:), which rose 3.04% or 18.00 points to trade at 610.00 at the close. Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (TYO:) added 2.09% or 107.00 points to end at 5,221.00 and IHI Corp. (TYO:) was up 1.90% or 65.00 points to 3,490.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd. (TYO:), which lost 2.92% or 220.00 points to trade at 7,320.00 in late trade. Toho Zinc Co., Ltd. (TYO:) declined 2.78% or 66.00 points to end at 2,310.00 and Recruit Holdings Co Ltd (TYO:) shed 2.55% or 110.00 points to 4,205.00.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1969 to 1484 and 339 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The , which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was up 6.21% to 22.57.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for November delivery was up 0.78% or 0.65 to $83.59 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in November rose 0.71% or 0.64 to hit $90.47 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.45% or 7.50 to trade at $1,668.20 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 1.23% to 145.82, while EUR/JPY rose 1.39% to 143.60.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.89% at 111.32.