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 Pacific Metals Co., Ltd. (T:5541), which rose 6.64% or 147.0 points to trade at 2360.0 at the close. Toho Zinc Co., Ltd. (T:5707) added 5.88% or 143.0 points to end at 2577.0 and Sumitomo Metal Mining Co., Ltd. (T:5713) was up 5.76% or 275.0 points to 5048.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Yaskawa Electric Corp. (T:6506), which lost 6.29% or 350.0 points to trade at 5210.0 in late trade. Aeon Co., Ltd. (T:8267) declined 5.70% or 150.0 points to end at 2480.5 and Toho Co., Ltd. (T:9602) shed 5.50% or 265.0 points to 4555.0.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 2503 to 1038 and 224 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0% to 21.30.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for February delivery was down 0.48% or 0.40 to $82.24 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in March fell 0.50% or 0.42 to hit $84.25 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract fell 0.02% or 0.45 to trade at $1826.85 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.14% to 114.46, while EUR/JPY rose 0.04% to 131.21.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.09% at 94.817.