Investing.com – Japan equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Real Estate, Banking and Insurance sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 declined 0.35%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Recruit Holdings Co Ltd (TYO:6098), which rose 9.39% or 439.00 points to trade at 5,114.00 at the close. Fujikura Ltd. (TYO:5803) added 4.62% or 50.50 points to end at 1,142.50 and Nippon Sheet Glass Co., Ltd. (TYO:5202) was up 4.49% or 28.00 points to 652.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Sapporo Holdings Ltd. (TYO:2501), which lost 4.37% or 259.00 points to trade at 5,666.00 in late trade. Yokogawa Electric Corp. (TYO:6841) declined 3.74% or 112.50 points to end at 2,897.50 and Citizen Holdings Co., Ltd. (TYO:7762) shed 3.53% or 32.00 points to 874.00.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 2369 to 1242 and 257 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 0.75% to 18.57 a new 1-month low.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for December delivery was down 0.68% or 0.52 to $76.14 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in January fell 0.63% or 0.51 to hit $80.67 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.13% or 2.65 to trade at $1,966.95 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.00% to 151.35, while EUR/JPY fell 0.11% to 164.03.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.10% at 104.37.