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 1.87%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Pacific Metals Co., Ltd. (T:5541), which rose 3.42% or 71.0 points to trade at 2147.0 at the close. KDDI Corp. (T:9433) added 1.58% or 58.0 points to end at 3726.0 and Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd. (T:7912) was up 1.06% or 30.0 points to 2851.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Tokyo Electron Ltd. (T:8035), which lost 4.61% or 2350.0 points to trade at 48610.0 in late trade. Kikkoman Corp. (T:2801) declined 4.49% or 430.0 points to end at 9140.0 and Isuzu Motors, Ltd. (T:7202) shed 4.34% or 68.0 points to 1500.0.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 2860 to 652 and 225 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0% to 20.23.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for December delivery was down 0.28% or 0.23 to $83.19 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in December fell 0.59% or 0.51 to hit $85.31 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.11% or 1.95 to trade at $1782.95 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.14% to 114.11, while EUR/JPY fell 0.18% to 132.85.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.11% at 93.642.