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 0.14%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Mitsui Mining and Smelting Co. (T:5706), which rose 6.39% or 171.0 points to trade at 2846.0 at the close. Tokyo Tatemono Co., Ltd. (T:8804) added 4.40% or 76.0 points to end at 1805.0 and Fast Retailing Co., Ltd. (T:9983) was up 2.33% or 1380.0 points to 60560.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Citizen Holdings Co., Ltd. (T:7762), which lost 9.38% or 51.0 points to trade at 493.0 in late trade. Ebara Corp. (T:6361) declined 8.94% or 305.0 points to end at 3105.0 and Toppan Printing Co., Ltd. (T:7911) shed 7.42% or 164.0 points to 2045.0.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 2009 to 1563 and 206 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0.00% to 16.31.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for March delivery was up 0.12% or 0.06 to $51.23 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in April fell 0.11% or 0.06 to hit $55.73 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 0.26% or 4.05 to trade at $1575.65 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.21% to 109.85, while EUR/JPY fell 0.17% to 119.47.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.07% at 98.852.