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 1.06%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Sony Corp (T:6758), which rose 9.54% or 1015.0 points to trade at 11650.0 at the close. Chiyoda Corp. (T:6366) added 5.04% or 17.0 points to end at 354.0 and Alps Electric Co., Ltd. (T:6770) was up 4.97% or 68.0 points to 1437.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Kao Corp. (T:4452), which lost 8.19% or 645.0 points to trade at 7232.0 in late trade. Z Holdings Corp (T:4689) declined 6.37% or 45.1 points to end at 662.9 and Kikkoman Corp. (T:2801) shed 6.09% or 450.0 points to 6940.0.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1872 to 1622 and 228 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0% to 21.38.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for March delivery was up 0.93% or 0.52 to $56.21 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in April rose 0.48% or 0.28 to hit $58.97 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 0.43% or 7.85 to trade at $1827.25 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.20% to 105.22, while EUR/JPY fell 0.00% to 126.36.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.24% at 91.323.