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 lost 1.11%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Tokyo Electron Ltd. (T:8035), which rose 2.01% or 540.0 points to trade at 27460.0 at the close. NEC Corp. (T:6701) added 1.52% or 90.0 points to end at 6000.0 and Olympus Corp. (T:7733) was up 1.20% or 25.0 points to 2106.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included The Japan Steel Works, Ltd. (T:5631), which lost 8.69% or 155.0 points to trade at 1629.0 in late trade. Toho Zinc Co., Ltd. (T:5707) declined 6.17% or 125.0 points to end at 1902.0 and JFE Holdings, Inc. (T:5411) shed 6.13% or 48.0 points to 735.0.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 2718 to 808 and 164 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0% to 22.64.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for November delivery was down 0.85% or 0.34 to $39.59 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in November fell 0.81% or 0.34 to hit $41.43 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.52% or 9.70 to trade at $1858.70 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.10% to 105.26, while EUR/JPY fell 0.13% to 122.69.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.02% at 94.460.