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 0.96%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Dainippon Screen Mfg. Co., Ltd. (T:7735), which rose 8.22% or 790.0 points to trade at 10400.0 at the close. Advantest Corp. (T:6857) added 5.03% or 460.0 points to end at 9600.0 and Tokyo Gas Co., Ltd. (T:9531) was up 3.75% or 70.5 points to 1952.5 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Sumitomo Dainippon Pharma Co Ltd (T:4506), which lost 15.39% or 300.0 points to trade at 1649.0 in late trade. Fanuc Corp. (T:6954) declined 8.66% or 2110.0 points to end at 22250.0 and Fujitsu Ltd. (T:6702) shed 8.14% or 1770.0 points to 19985.0.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1856 to 1632 and 244 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0% to 21.04.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for December delivery was down 1.16% or 0.96 to $81.70 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in January fell 1.10% or 0.92 to hit $82.95 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.32% or 5.75 to trade at $1804.55 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.11% to 113.68, while EUR/JPY fell 0.11% to 131.93.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.04% at 93.832.