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 2.88%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Shinsei Bank, Ltd. (T:8303), which rose 3.31% or 65.0 points to trade at 2027.0 at the close. Kansai Electric Power Co Inc (T:9503) added 1.47% or 16.0 points to end at 1103.0 and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (T:7011) was up 1.18% or 33.5 points to 2874.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Terumo Corp. (T:4543), which lost 8.96% or 433.0 points to trade at 4402.0 in late trade. Sony Corp (T:6758) declined 6.86% or 1065.0 points to end at 14455.0 and Recruit Holdings Co Ltd (T:6098) shed 6.32% or 435.0 points to 6449.0.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 3197 to 459 and 139 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0% to 18.63.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for February delivery was down 0.77% or 0.60 to $77.25 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in March fell 0.79% or 0.64 to hit $80.16 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract fell 1.33% or 24.35 to trade at $1800.75 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was down 0.16% to 115.92, while EUR/JPY fell 0.36% to 130.87.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.20% at 96.370.