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 lost 0.21%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Taiheiyo Cement Corp. (T:5233), which rose 12.77% or 289.0 points to trade at 2553.0 at the close. NKSJ Holdings, Inc. (T:8630) added 7.11% or 235.0 points to end at 3540.0 and Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd. (T:5801) was up 4.34% or 104.0 points to 2499.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Amada Co., Ltd. (T:6113), which lost 3.51% or 34.0 points to trade at 935.0 in late trade. Tokyu Fudosan (T:3289) declined 3.04% or 16.0 points to end at 510.0 and KDDI Corp. (T:9433) shed 3.02% or 96.0 points to 3085.0.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1881 to 1661 and 217 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0% to 27.72 a new 1-month low.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for July delivery was up 2.33% or 0.78 to $34.27 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in July rose 1.79% or 0.64 to hit $36.39 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 0.78% or 13.65 to trade at $1738.45 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.29% to 107.83, while EUR/JPY rose 0.20% to 118.25.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.22% at 99.358.