Investing.com – Japan equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Real Estate, Mining and Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 declined 0.83%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Pacific Metals Co., Ltd. (T:5541), which rose 4.74% or 150.0 points to trade at 3315.0 at the close. Hitachi Ltd (T:6501) added 4.17% or 246.0 points to end at 6150.0 and Mitsubishi Corp. (T:8058) was up 3.39% or 135.0 points to 4120.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Recruit Holdings Co Ltd (T:6098), which lost 5.76% or 295.0 points to trade at 4828.0 in late trade. Chugai Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. (T:4519) declined 3.66% or 147.0 points to end at 3868.0 and Z Holdings Corp (T:4689) shed 3.53% or 20.0 points to 546.3.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 2470 to 1088 and 211 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was down 13.43% to 24.36.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for March delivery was down 1.07% or 1.00 to $92.66 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in April fell 1.16% or 1.10 to hit $93.71 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 0.34% or 6.30 to trade at $1877.80 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.15% to 115.29, while EUR/JPY fell 0.21% to 131.03.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.17% at 95.855.