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 0.20%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd. (T:9107), which rose 9.24% or 405.0 points to trade at 4790.0 at the close. Tokai Carbon Co., Ltd. (T:5301) added 8.52% or 130.0 points to end at 1655.0 and Showa Denko K.K. (T:4004) was up 6.81% or 210.0 points to 3295.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Rakuten Inc (T:4755), which lost 6.40% or 86.0 points to trade at 1257.0 in late trade. Meiji Holdings Co., Ltd. (T:2269) declined 4.46% or 310.0 points to end at 6640.0 and Japan Steel Works Ltd (T:5631) shed 4.23% or 120.0 points to 2720.0.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1774 to 1738 and 241 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
The Nikkei Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0% to 19.57.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for September delivery was down 0.09% or 0.06 to $69.19 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in October fell 0.03% or 0.02 to hit $71.42 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.25% or 4.30 to trade at $1757.60 a troy ounce.
USD/JPY was up 0.00% to 110.40, while EUR/JPY fell 0.00% to 129.57.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.00% at 92.922.