Japan shares lower at close of trade; Nikkei 225 down 0.48%

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 declined 0.48%.

The biggest gainers of the session on the Nikkei 225 were Tokyu Fudosan (T: 3289 ), which rose 2.43% or 17.0 points to trade at 717.0 at the close. The Kansai Electric Power Co. (T: 9503 ) added 2.29% or 28.0 points to end at 1253.0 and Chubu Electric Power Co., Inc. (T: 9502 ) was up 2.09% or 31.5 points to 1537.5 in late trade.

Biggest losers included Dainippon Screen Mfg. Co., Ltd. (T: 7735 ), which lost 4.44% or 330.0 points to trade at 7100.0 in late trade. Advantest Corp. (T: 6857 ) declined 3.88% or 210.0 points to end at 5200.0 and Tokyo Electron Ltd. (T: 8035 ) shed 3.44% or 775.0 points to 21735.0.

Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1862 to 1614 and 282 ended unchanged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.

The Nikkei Volatility , which measures the implied volatility of Nikkei 225 options, was unchanged 0.00% to 15.07.

In commodities trading, Crude oil for January delivery was down 0.12% or 0.07 to $56.94 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in January fell 0.16% or 0.10 to hit $62.30 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.20% or 2.95 to trade at $1471.25 a troy ounce.

USD/JPY was down 0.00% to 108.59, while EUR/JPY fell 0.01% to 120.23.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.01% at 97.820.