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 lost 0.65% to hit a new 1-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd. (T:9107), which rose 11.36% or 555.0 points to trade at 5440.0 at the close. Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. (T:9104) added 7.58% or 510.0 points to end at 7240.0 and Nippon Yusen K.K (T:9101) was up 5.27% or 400.0 points to 7990.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Mitsubishi Chemical Holdings Corp (T:4188), which lost 8.18% or 73.8 points to trade at 828.5 in late trade. Softbank Group Corp. (T:9984) declined 5.10% or 301.0 points to end at 5599.0 and Yokogawa Electric Corp. (T:6841) shed 4.08% or 88.0 points to 2067.0.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 2599 to 989 and 186 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0% to 24.94.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for January delivery was up 1.37% or 0.90 to $66.47 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in February rose 1.38% or 0.95 to hit $69.82 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract fell 0.41% or 7.25 to trade at $1777.05 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.38% to 113.18, while EUR/JPY rose 0.41% to 128.14.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.02% at 96.040.