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 0.62%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Toho Zinc Co., Ltd. (T:5707), which rose 4.89% or 142.0 points to trade at 3045.0 at the close. Fujikura Ltd. (T:5803) added 4.09% or 28.0 points to end at 712.0 and Idemitsu Kosan Co Ltd (T:5019) was up 3.58% or 100.0 points to 2890.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included TOTO Ltd. (T:5332), which lost 5.80% or 380.0 points to trade at 6170.0 in late trade. Hitachi Zosen Corp. (T:7004) declined 4.29% or 43.0 points to end at 959.0 and Dainippon Screen Mfg. Co., Ltd. (T:7735) shed 4.27% or 460.0 points to 10310.0.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 2274 to 1262 and 229 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0% to 19.77.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for October delivery was down 0.18% or 0.13 to $72.48 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in November fell 0.12% or 0.09 to hit $75.37 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.42% or 7.45 to trade at $1787.35 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.05% to 109.31, while EUR/JPY fell 0.24% to 128.90.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.06% at 92.593.