Japan shares lower at close of trade; Nikkei 225 down 0.62%

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 fell 0.62%.

The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Toho Zinc Co., Ltd. (T: 5707 ), which rose 4.89% or 142.0 points to trade at 3045.0 at the close. Fujikura Ltd. (T: 5803 ) added 4.09% or 28.0 points to end at 712.0 and Idemitsu Kosan Co Ltd (T: 5019 ) was up 3.58% or 100.0 points to 2890.0 in late trade.

Biggest losers included TOTO Ltd. (T: 5332 ), which lost 5.80% or 380.0 points to trade at 6170.0 in late trade. Hitachi Zosen Corp. (T: 7004 ) declined 4.29% or 43.0 points to end at 959.0 and Dainippon Screen Mfg. Co., Ltd. (T: 7735 ) shed 4.27% or 460.0 points to 10310.0.

Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 2274 to 1262 and 229 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.

The Nikkei Volatility , which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0% to 19.77.

In commodities trading, Crude oil for October delivery was down 0.18% or 0.13 to $72.48 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in November fell 0.12% or 0.09 to hit $75.37 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.42% or 7.45 to trade at $1787.35 a troy ounce.

USD/JPY was down 0.05% to 109.31, while EUR/JPY fell 0.24% to 128.90.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.06% at 92.593.