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 0.37%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Nippon Electric Glass Co., Ltd. (T:5214), which rose 7.58% or 148.0 points to trade at 2101.0 at the close. Sumitomo Dainippon Pharma Co Ltd (T:4506) added 6.91% or 82.0 points to end at 1268.0 and Sony Corp (T:6758) was up 6.69% or 552.0 points to 8800.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Tokuyama Corp. (T:4043), which lost 7.33% or 190.0 points to trade at 2401.0 in late trade. Nisshin Seifun Group Inc. (T:2002) declined 5.01% or 85.0 points to end at 1611.0 and Hitachi Construction Machinery Co (T:6305) shed 4.92% or 140.0 points to 2703.0.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 2142 to 1338 and 205 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0% to 24.20.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for December delivery was down 0.45% or 0.17 to $37.22 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in January fell 0.43% or 0.17 to hit $39.47 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.10% or 1.80 to trade at $1881.00 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.02% to 104.31, while EUR/JPY rose 0.04% to 122.56.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.00% at 93.412.