Japan shares lower at close of trade; Nikkei 225 down 1.89%

Investing.com – Japan equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Finance & Investment , Fishery and Rubber sectors propelled shares lower.

At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 fell 1.89%.

The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were IHI Corp. (TYO: 7013 ), which rose 3.87% or 135.00 points to trade at 3,620.00 at the close. Hitachi Zosen Corp. (TYO: 7004 ) added 2.18% or 17.00 points to end at 798.00 and Tokyo Gas Co., Ltd. (TYO: 9531 ) was up 2.00% or 52.00 points to 2,657.00 in late trade.

Biggest losers included Yamato Holdings Co., Ltd. (TYO: 9064 ), which lost 4.95% or 119.00 points to trade at 2,283.00 in late trade. Nippon Yusen K.K (TYO: 9101 ) declined 4.94% or 500.00 points to end at 9,630.00 and Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd. (TYO: 9107 ) shed 4.78% or 440.00 points to 8,770.00.

Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 2544 to 994 and 215 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.

The Nikkei Volatility , which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 4.51% to 23.10.

In commodities trading, Crude oil for July delivery was up 0.66% or 0.71 to $107.75 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in July rose 1.09% or 1.19 to hit $110.30 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 0.26% or 4.78 to trade at $1,811.12 a troy ounce.

USD/JPY was down 0.04% to 128.16, while EUR/JPY rose 0.10% to 134.32.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.07% at 103.79.