Investing.com – Japan equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Paper & Pulp, Pharmaceutical Industry and Retail sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 lost 0.30%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Japan Steel Works Ltd (TYO:5631), which rose 4.48% or 168.00 points to trade at 3,913.00 at the close. Resona Holdings, Inc. (TYO:8308) added 4.33% or 41.00 points to end at 986.70 and Chiba Bank Ltd (TYO:8331) was up 4.04% or 50.00 points to 1,286.50 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Seven & i Holdings Co., Ltd. (TYO:3382), which lost 4.80% or 103.00 points to trade at 2,043.50 in late trade. Aeon Co., Ltd. (TYO:8267) declined 3.93% or 137.00 points to end at 3,347.00 and Mitsui Fudosan Co., Ltd. (TYO:8801) shed 4.02% or 65.00 points to 1,554.50.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 2080 to 1535 and 250 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 5.27% to 20.12.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for May delivery was up 0.05% or 0.04 to $86.25 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in June rose 0.07% or 0.06 to hit $90.54 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 0.19% or 4.40 to trade at $2,352.80 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.06% to 153.09, while EUR/JPY fell 0.10% to 164.37.
The US Dollar Index Futures was unchanged 0.00% at 105.03.