Investing.com – Japan equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Paper & Pulp, Railway & Bus and Real Estate sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 fell 0.09%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Rakuten Inc (T:4755), which rose 2.36% or 22.0 points to trade at 954.0 at the close. Taisei Corp. (T:1801) added 2.33% or 85.0 points to end at 3730.0 and Nippon Suisan Kaisha, Ltd. (T:1332) was up 2.21% or 13.0 points to 600.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Recruit Holdings Co Ltd (T:6098), which lost 4.80% or 159.0 points to trade at 3154.0 in late trade. Unitika, Ltd. (T:3103) declined 3.90% or 12.0 points to end at 296.0 and DeNA Co Ltd (T:2432) shed 3.13% or 70.0 points to 2167.0.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 2038 to 1404 and 245 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0.00% to 18.95.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for October delivery was down 0.09% or 0.05 to $55.73 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in November fell 0.47% or 0.28 to hit $59.65 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.37% or 5.75 to trade at $1554.85 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.05% to 106.06, while EUR/JPY fell 0.03% to 117.51.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.06% at 98.175.