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 0.36%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Yahoo Japan Corp. (T:4689), which rose 6.02% or 34.8 points to trade at 613.1 at the close. CyberAgent Inc (T:4751) added 5.75% or 350.0 points to end at 6440.0 and GS Yuasa Corp. (T:6674) was up 4.96% or 111.0 points to 2348.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Fujikura Ltd. (T:5803), which lost 4.81% or 20.0 points to trade at 396.0 in late trade. Alps Electric Co., Ltd. (T:6770) declined 4.24% or 60.0 points to end at 1355.0 and Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding (T:7003) shed 3.94% or 15.0 points to 366.0.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 2087 to 1347 and 260 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0% to 22.24.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for January delivery was down 0.07% or 0.03 to $41.98 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in January rose 0.29% or 0.13 to hit $44.47 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.63% or 11.85 to trade at $1862.05 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.01% to 103.84, while EUR/JPY rose 0.02% to 123.08.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.14% at 92.438.