Japan shares lower at close of trade; Nikkei 225 down 1.07%

Investing.com – Japan equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Precision Instruments, Mining and Chemical, Petroleum&Plastic sectors propelled shares lower.

At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 lost 1.07%.

The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Mitsubishi Logistics Corp. (TYO:9301), which rose 5.37% or 263.00 points to trade at 5,157.00 at the close. Kao Corp. (TYO:4452) added 5.24% or 348.00 points to end at 6,989.00 and GS Yuasa Corp. (TYO:6674) was up 4.10% or 113.00 points to 2,870.00 in late trade.

Biggest losers included Sharp Corp (TYO:6753), which lost 4.91% or 47.60 points to trade at 921.50 in late trade. Chugai Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. (TYO:4519) declined 4.58% or 318.00 points to end at 6,625.00 and Resonac Holdings Corp (TYO:4004) shed 3.78% or 128.00 points to 3,261.00.

Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1837 to 1752 and 264 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.

The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 3.11% to 20.86 a new 1-month low.

In commodities trading, Crude oil for October delivery was up 0.27% or 0.19 to $69.39 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in November rose 0.25% or 0.18 to hit $72.88 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.38% or 9.65 to trade at $2,535.65 a troy ounce.

USD/JPY was down 0.46% to 143.07, while EUR/JPY fell 0.46% to 158.59.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.13% at 101.17.