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 declined 0.67%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Ajinomoto Co., Inc. (T:2802), which rose 3.09% or 64.5 points to trade at 2152.0 at the close. Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd. (T:9107) added 2.31% or 28.0 points to end at 1240.0 and Toyobo Co., Ltd. (T:3101) was up 1.74% or 28.0 points to 1641.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included West Japan Railway Co. (T:9021), which lost 5.57% or 319.0 points to trade at 5407.0 in late trade. Isuzu Motors, Ltd. (T:7202) declined 5.09% or 50.1 points to end at 934.9 and East Japan Railway Co. (T:9020) shed 4.67% or 322.0 points to 6578.0.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1736 to 1688 and 251 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0% to 20.84.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for October delivery was down 0.82% or 0.33 to $39.83 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in November fell 0.69% or 0.29 to hit $41.93 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.94% or 18.55 to trade at $1951.95 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.16% to 104.78, while EUR/JPY fell 0.38% to 123.51.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.17% at 93.285.